{"id":"CVE-2026-6656","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-6656","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T09:26:27.124Z","title":"This allows discrepancies in timing to be used to guess the underlying hash.","description":"Crypt::Password versions through 0.28 for Perl are susceptible to timing attacks.\n\nThe check_password method uses the built-in eq operator. This allows discrepancies in timing to be used to guess the underlying hash.","published":"2026-07-20T07:16:42.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-24T20:10:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-208"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00492,"percentile":0.42054,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://metacpan.org/release/DRSTEVE/Crypt-Password-0.28/source/lib/Crypt/Password.pm#L190-193","source":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=180162","source":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/20/4","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6656","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}