CVE-2026-5091
medium
CVSS v3
5.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.1
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
51%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.10026-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.10026-1 |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
References
- https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication/commit/b0515f492257438cf07082acf1e10d06e8088a5e.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/ETHER/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication-0.10_025/changes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/21/19
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-5091
CWEs
CWE-208
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.