CVE-2023-31484
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.1 High
- Published
- Apr 28, 2023
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Reserved
- Apr 28, 2023
Description
CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14
- https://github.com/andk/cpanpm/pull/175
- https://metacpan.org/dist/CPAN/changes
- [oss-security] 20230429 Re: Perl's HTTP::Tiny has insecure TLS cert default, affecting CPAN.pm and other modulesmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230503 Re: Perl's HTTP::Tiny has insecure TLS cert default, affecting CPAN.pm and other modulesmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230503 Re: Perl's HTTP::Tiny has insecure TLS cert default, affecting CPAN.pm and other modulesmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230507 Re: Perl's HTTP::Tiny has insecure TLS cert default, affecting CPAN.pm and other modulesmailing-list
- FEDORA-2023-1e5af38524vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-46924e402avendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00017.html
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