CVE-2026-5091

5.1 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (5.1). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.1 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 9% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-208
Published: 2026-05-21
Modified: 2026-07-23
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

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

Check your stack JSON