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CVE-2026-6656

7.5 high SSVC exploitation: none Deferred

Crypt::Password versions through 0.28 for Perl are susceptible to timing attacks. The check_password method uses the built-in eq operator. This allows discrepancies in timing to be used to guess the underlying hash.

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 7.5NVD modified 2026-10-24 20:10

Affected (CPE criteria) 0

NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.

References 3