CVE-2023-31484

8.1 HIGH
Published: April 29, 2023 Modified: November 03, 2025
View on NVD

Description

CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List
https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/andk/cpanpm/pull/175
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BM6UW55CNFUTNGD5ZRKGUKKKFDJGMFHL/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LEGCEOKFJVBJ2QQ6S2H4NAEWTUERC7SB/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://metacpan.org/dist/CPAN/changes
Source: cve@mitre.org
Release Notes
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/andk/cpanpm/pull/175
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00017.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BM6UW55CNFUTNGD5ZRKGUKKKFDJGMFHL/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LEGCEOKFJVBJ2QQ6S2H4NAEWTUERC7SB/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://metacpan.org/dist/CPAN/changes
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Patch

23 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.1 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.0%
77th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-295 CWE-295

Affected Vendors

cpanpm_project perl

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