Crypt::SaltedHash versions through 0.09 for Perl is susceptible to timing attacks
Priority LOW 39CWE-208Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-208.
Summary
Crypt::SaltedHash versions through 0.09 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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00393 33rd 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
- 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-47373
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mjc4-qqxc-7h36
References
More RRWO vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-13955 OS command injection in RRWO Catalyst::View::Wkhtmltopdf CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-14395 Server-side request forgery in RRWO Plack::App::Prerender CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-34943 Crypt::SaltedHash versions through 0.09 for Perl generate insecure random values for salts CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-34345 Net::Statsd::Tiny versions before 0.3.8 for Perl allowed metric injections CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-15909 Net::CIDR::Set versions before 0.23 for Perl allow memory exhaustion and malformed set… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-36790 Uncontrolled recursion in RRWO Net::CIDR::Set CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-47373 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-47373 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mjc4-qqxc-7h36 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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