{ "document": { "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "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.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication-2026-5091 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-catalyst-plugin-authentication-2026-5091.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication/commit/b0515f492257438cf07082acf1e10d06e8088a5e.patch", "url": "https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication/commit/b0515f492257438cf07082acf1e10d06e8088a5e.patch" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/ETHER/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication-0.10_025/changes", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/ETHER/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication-0.10_025/changes" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/21/19", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/21/19" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2026-5091 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5091" } ], "title": "Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-05-21T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication-2026-5091", "initial_release_date": "2026-05-21T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-05-21T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/<=0.10024", "product": { "name": "Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication less than or equal 0.10024", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication" } } }, { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=1.0026", "product": { "name": "Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication greater than or equal 1.0026", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication" } } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-5091", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-208", "name": "Observable Timing Discrepancy" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication versions through 0.10024 for Perl is susceptible to timing attacks.\n\nThese versions use Perl's built-in eq comparison. Discrepencies in timing could be used to guess the underlying hash or password.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "CSAFPID-0002" ], "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } } ] }