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CVE-2026-74846 CPAN Security Group
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CVE ID: CVE-2026-74846
Distribution: Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication
Versions: before 0.10029
MetaCPAN: https://metacpan.org/dist/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication
VCS Repo:
https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication
Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication versions before 0.10029 for Perl allow
timing attacks on stored passwords via eq comparisons in the legacy
password verifier
Description
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Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication versions before 0.10029 for Perl allow
timing attacks on stored passwords via eq comparisons in the legacy
password verifier.
CVE-2026-5091 was fixed in the realm-based verifier. The legacy
verifier, used by the deprecated login method, compares clear-text
passwords, crypt hashes and base64 digests with eq, so the comparison
time depends on how many leading bytes match.
A remote attacker can use response-time differences to guess the stored
password or hash.
Problem types
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- CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy
Solutions
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Upgrade to Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication 0.10029 or later.
References
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https://metacpan.org/release/ETHER/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication-0.10029/changes
https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication/commit/ba4435f1fa6b641e6c8793c88b5433afa83ceafa.patch
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5091
