{ "document": { "aggregate_severity": { "text": "critical" }, "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "Net::OAuth versions before 0.33 for Perl allow the sender to choose the signature algorithm in verify.\n\nverify resolves the signature method class from the signature_method parameter of the incoming message. signature_method is required on every request, so the algorithm used to check a signature is chosen by whoever sent it, and nothing lets the verifying party pin the method instead. When a message names HMAC-SHA1 or HMAC-SHA256, the key is derived from consumer_secret and token_secret rather than from the key the provider deployed.\n\nA provider deployed on RSA-SHA1 holds only the consumer public key, and RFC 5849 does not use consumer_secret for that method, so the required parameter is filled with a placeholder. A client that names HMAC-SHA1 instead has its signature checked against that placeholder, so a guessable one is enough to forge requests for any consumer key and token.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-Net-OAuth-2026-72889 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-net-oauth-2026-72889.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5849#section-3.4.2", "url": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5849#section-3.4.2" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5849#section-3.4.3", "url": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5849#section-3.4.3" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/vurtdev/Net-OAuth/commit/c467adf45c8d77ac4b92ad78b3eebf949252ba7f.patch", "url": "https://github.com/vurtdev/Net-OAuth/commit/c467adf45c8d77ac4b92ad78b3eebf949252ba7f.patch" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/vurtdev/Net-OAuth/security/advisories/GHSA-c8rm-g5cm-4pf5", "url": "https://github.com/vurtdev/Net-OAuth/security/advisories/GHSA-c8rm-g5cm-4pf5" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/RRWO/Net-OAuth-0.33/changes", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/RRWO/Net-OAuth-0.33/changes" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/19/2", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/19/2" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2026-72889 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72889" } ], "title": "Net-OAuth vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-08-19T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-Net-OAuth-2026-72889", "initial_release_date": "2026-08-19T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-08-19T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/<0.33", "product": { "name": "Net-OAuth less than 0.33", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/Net-OAuth" } } }, { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=0.33", "product": { "name": "Net-OAuth greater than or equal 0.33", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/Net-OAuth" } } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "Net-OAuth" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-72889", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-347", "name": "Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "Net::OAuth versions before 0.33 for Perl allow the sender to choose the signature algorithm in verify.\n\nverify resolves the signature method class from the signature_method parameter of the incoming message. signature_method is required on every request, so the algorithm used to check a signature is chosen by whoever sent it, and nothing lets the verifying party pin the method instead. When a message names HMAC-SHA1 or HMAC-SHA256, the key is derived from consumer_secret and token_secret rather than from the key the provider deployed.\n\nA provider deployed on RSA-SHA1 holds only the consumer public key, and RFC 5849 does not use consumer_secret for that method, so the required parameter is filled with a placeholder. A client that names HMAC-SHA1 instead has its signature checked against that placeholder, so a guessable one is enough to forge requests for any consumer key and token.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "CSAFPID-0002" ], "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "baseScore": 9.8, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ] } ] }