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TI-2026-15218 Aliases CVE-2026-18568GHSA-r3hj-rg3j-262c

Improper signature verification in TIMLEGGE XML::Sig

Priority LOW 39CWE-347Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-347.

Summary

XML::Sig versions from 0.29 before 0.72 for Perl allow signature verification bypass because verify returns true when every signature was skipped before any cryptographic check. verify in lib/XML/Sig.pm counts the `//dsig:Signature` elements into `$numsigs` and iterates over them, but two paths reach `next` before any digest or key check runs: a `SignedInfo/Reference/@URI` that resolves to no element while `$numsigs` is greater than 1, and, when `id_attr` is set, a reference that does not match the requested ID. The loop records nothing about what it checked, so when every signature takes one of those paths control reaches the unconditional `return 1` that ends verify. Two `Signature` elements whose Reference URI names an ID that no element carries is enough, as is one such element combined with `id_attr`. Any caller that passes untrusted XML to verify can receive a true return for a document in which no digest and no signature value was checked; a `cert` or `cert_text` trust anchor does not change this, because no key check runs. Versions up to 0.28 use an XML::XPath based verify that has no such skip and are not affected.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00319 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed XML::Sig (TIMLEGGE): 0.72

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
TIMLEGGEXML::Sig0.29 to before 0.720.72Patch availableCNA
  • XML::Sig VendorTIMLEGGE Affected 0.29 to before 0.72 Fixed in 0.72 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xml\:\:sig_project:xml\:\:sig:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*sig_project xml\VulnerableXml
  • cpe:2.3:a:xml\:\:sig_project:xml\:\:sig:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* Versions sig_project xml\ Vulnerable ·Xml

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA XML::Sig (TIMLEGGE) Fixed in 0.72

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-18568
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r3hj-rg3j-262c

References

  • TI-2026-23735 Integer overflow in TIMLEGGE Crypt::NaCl::Sodium CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-18981 IO::Compress::Brotli versions prior to 0.007 for Perl have an integer overflow in the bundled Brotli C library CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-14905 Improper signature verification in TIMLEGGE Net::SAML2 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-08239 XML::Sig versions before 0.71 for Perl allow XPath injection in ID lookup CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-10497 Crypt::DSA versions before 1.21 for Perl reused the nonce across signatures, leading to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-08334 Improper signature verification in TIMLEGGE XML::Sig CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
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