CVE-2026-6656
—CVSS 3.1
7.5 high
EPSS
<1%p41
Published
()
Modified
Description
Crypt::Password versions through 0.28 for Perl are susceptible to timing attacks. The check_password method uses the built-in eq operator. This allows discrepancies in timing to be used to guess the underlying hash.
- Weakness
- CWE-208
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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