The Mojolicious module before 8.65 for Perl is vulnerable to secure_compare timing…
Priority HIGH 72Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Mojolicious module before 8.65 for Perl is vulnerable to secure_compare timing attacks that allow an attacker to guess the length of a secret string. Only versions after 1.74 are affected.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00511 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mojolicious:mojolicious:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Mojolicious |
- cpe:2.3:a:mojolicious:mojolicious:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Mojolicious
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36829
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jx7f-v5r5-55j4
References
Sources
- CVE-2020-36829 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-36829 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jx7f-v5r5-55j4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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