CVE-2023-31486

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.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 75.7% 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.

Published

2023-04-28 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-01-30 19:26Z1 YR 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
• CWE-1188Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure DefaultBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8304f0f7d2856c2b35ff6f1252eb27f2f101635f88a7983b74cbeea28e0b2271

• 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
• www.reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/perl/comments/111tadi/psa_httptiny_disabled_ssl_verification_by_default/
• hackeriet.github.iohttps://hackeriet.github.io/cpan-http-tiny-overview/
• 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/2023/04/29/1mailing-list
• 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/2023/05/03/3mailing-list
• 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/2023/05/03/5mailing-list
• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/4
• 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/2023/05/07/2mailing-list
• github.comhttps://github.com/chansen/p5-http-tiny/pull/153
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241129-0011/