CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-6656

7.5 HIGH Published 2026-07-20 Modified 2026-10-24 Official page ↗

Status: Deferred
Published: 2026-07-20
Last modified: 2026-10-24
Assigner: 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-208

Description

Crypt::Password versions through 0.28 for Perl are susceptible to timing attacks. The check_password method uses the built-in eq operator. This allows discrepancies in timing to be used to guess the underlying hash.

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy weakness

References

https://metacpan.org/release/DRSTEVE/Crypt-Password-0.28/source/lib/Crypt/Password.pm#L190-193 metacpan.org
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=180162 rt.cpan.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/20/4 www.openwall.com

CVE-2026-6656

Description

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Weakness · CWE (1)

References