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TI-2026-59008 Aliases CVE-2026-86219GHSA-w4h4-7ff5-56xr

Authentication bypass by capture-replay in Authen-SASL

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-294Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-294.

Summary

Authen::SASL::Perl::DIGEST_MD5 versions before 2.2100 for Perl accept replayed authentication responses via unverified nonce in server_step. server_start generates a fresh nonce and sends it in the challenge, and nothing later compares that value against the nonce the client returns. server_step derives the expected digest from the client's own parameters, so a response verifies whenever its digest matches the nonce it carries. The count table it also checks is keyed on the client-supplied nonce and starts empty in each new server object, so a captured first response, carrying `nc=00000001`, passes that too. RFC 2831 defines the nonce in the response as the value the server sent in the preceding challenge. An attacker who observes one successful `qop=auth` exchange can replay the captured response against a later session for the same service, host, realm and user, and authenticate as that user without knowing the password.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00468 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Authen-SASL: 2.2100

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Authen-SASLbefore 2.21002.2100Patch availableCNA
  • Authen-SASL Vendor— Affected before 2.2100 Fixed in 2.2100 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Authen-SASL Fixed in 2.2100

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-86219
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w4h4-7ff5-56xr

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