CVE-2023-31484
CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.
02 Description
CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 1.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-04-28 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-03 21:48Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-04-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 02ba02a0b68beedd29d9880d21adf1509d7c4dfc4efa5c35dc70a5e76c990528
05 Affected products
06 References
- blog.hackeriet.nohttps://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14
- github.comhttps://github.com/andk/cpanpm/pull/175
- metacpan.orghttps://metacpan.org/dist/CPAN/changes
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20230429 Re: Perl's HTTP::Tiny has insecure TLS cert default, affecting CPAN.pm and other moduleshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20230503 Re: Perl's HTTP::Tiny has insecure TLS cert default, affecting CPAN.pm and other moduleshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20230503 Re: Perl's HTTP::Tiny has insecure TLS cert default, affecting CPAN.pm and other moduleshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20230507 Re: Perl's HTTP::Tiny has insecure TLS cert default, affecting CPAN.pm and other moduleshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-1e5af38524https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BM6UW55CNFUTNGD5ZRKGUKKKFDJGMFHL/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-46924e402ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LEGCEOKFJVBJ2QQ6S2H4NAEWTUERC7SB/
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00017.html
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- perl-CPAN Fixed in 2.18-399.el8
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
AlmaLinux 9
- perl-CPAN Fixed in 2.29-3.el9
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- perl-CPAN Fixed in 2.18-399.el8
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 9
- perl-CPAN Fixed in 2.29-3.el9
Derived from AlmaLinux 9. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 9 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- perl Fixed in 5.36.0-7+deb12u3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- perl Fixed in 5.38.2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- perl Fixed in 5.38.2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- perl Fixed in 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- perl Fixed in 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- perl Fixed in 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- perl Fixed in 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm5Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- perl Fixed in 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.