VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-31484
CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.
HIGH 8.1EPSS 1.55%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.55% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-295
- Affected
- cpanpm project/cpanpm · perl/perl
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2Mailing List
- https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/andk/cpanpm/pull/175Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BM6UW55CNFUTNGD5ZRKGUKKKFDJGMFHL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LEGCEOKFJVBJ2QQ6S2H4NAEWTUERC7SB/
- https://metacpan.org/dist/CPAN/changesRelease Notes
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2Mailing List
- https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/andk/cpanpm/pull/175Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00017.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BM6UW55CNFUTNGD5ZRKGUKKKFDJGMFHL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LEGCEOKFJVBJ2QQ6S2H4NAEWTUERC7SB/
- https://metacpan.org/dist/CPAN/changesRelease Notes
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14Mailing List, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.