CVE-2026-5091
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5091
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-5091.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-5091
- Downstream
- Published
- 2026-05-21T21:07:26.432Z
- Modified
- 2026-05-24T03:55:28.926157169Z
- Severity
-
- 5.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication versions through 0.10024 for Perl is susceptible to timing attacks
- Details
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Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication versions through 0.10024 for Perl is susceptible to timing attacks.
These versions use Perl's built-in eq comparison. Discrepencies in timing could be used to guess the underlying hash or password.
- Database specific
{ "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/5xxx/CVE-2026-5091.json", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-208" ], "cna_assigner": "CPANSec" }- References
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/21/19
- https://cpan.org/modules
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/5xxx/CVE-2026-5091.json
- https://metacpan.org/release/ETHER/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication-0.10_025/changes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5091
- https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication/commit/b0515f492257438cf07082acf1e10d06e8088a5e.patch
- https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication
Affected packages
Git / github.com/perl-catalyst/catalyst-plugin-authentication
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/perl-catalyst/catalyst-plugin-authentication
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed