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    "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
    "dataVersion": "5.2",
    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2026-94423",
        "assignerOrgId": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "CPANSec",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-21T15:32:37.782Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-10-21T21:22:48.593Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-21T21:22:48.593Z"
    },
    "containers": {
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            "affected": [
                {
                    "collectionURL": "https://cpan.org/modules",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "modules": [
                        "Net::LibSSH"
                    ],
                    "packageName": "Net-LibSSH",
                    "packageURL": "pkg:cpan/Net-LibSSH",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "LibSSH.xs"
                    ],
                    "programRoutines": [
                        {
                            "name": "Net::LibSSH::connect"
                        }
                    ],
                    "repo": "https://github.com/Getty/p5-net-libssh",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "lessThan": "0.004",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "0",
                            "versionType": "custom"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "credits": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "type": "finder",
                    "value": "James Klein"
                }
            ],
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Net::LibSSH versions before 0.004 for Perl authenticate to an unverified server because connect never checks the host key against known_hosts.\n\nconnect reports success as soon as ssh_connect returns SSH_OK. libssh leaves the known-hosts check to the application, and this binding never makes it, so the strict_hostkeycheck and knownhosts options are set on the session and then decide nothing.\n\nPassword, agent and public-key authentication, channel and SFTP operations all run on a session whose peer was never identified, so an attacker who can redirect the connection receives the password when password authentication is used, and commands and data sent over the session."
                }
            ],
            "problemTypes": [
                {
                    "descriptions": [
                        {
                            "cweId": "CWE-322",
                            "description": "CWE-322 Key Exchange without Entity Authentication",
                            "lang": "en",
                            "type": "CWE"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "providerMetadata": {
                "orgId": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
                "shortName": "CPANSec",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-10-21T21:22:48.593Z"
            },
            "references": [
                {
                    "tags": [
                        "release-notes"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/GETTY/Net-LibSSH-0.004/changes"
                },
                {
                    "tags": [
                        "patch"
                    ],
                    "url": "https://github.com/Getty/p5-net-libssh/commit/29f509aacddb4b282ac9eb716d5ab326686d09a4.patch"
                }
            ],
            "solutions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Upgrade to Net-LibSSH 0.004 or later."
                }
            ],
            "source": {
                "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
            },
            "title": "Net::LibSSH versions before 0.004 for Perl authenticate to an unverified server because connect never checks the host key against known_hosts",
            "x_generator": {
                "engine": "cpansec-cna-tool 0.1"
            }
        }
    }
}