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CVE-2026-5086

7.5 high SSVC exploitation: none Analyzed

Crypt::SecretBuffer versions before 0.019 for Perl is suseceptible to timing attacks. For example, if Crypt::SecretBuffer was used to store and compare plaintext passwords, then discrepencies in timing could be used to guess the secret password.

Fix

Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 7.5 · nerdvanaNVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10

Affected (CPE criteria) 1

  • cpe:2.3:a:nerdvana:crypt\:\:secretbuffer:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*

References 2