CVE-2023-31486 — Improper Certificate Validation in Perl

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate ValidationCWE-1188 — Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default10 documents10 sources
Severity
8.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 30.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Perl
Timeline
PublishedApr 29
Latest updateDec 11

Description

HTTP::Tiny before 0.083, a Perl core module since 5.13.9 and available standalone on CPAN, has an insecure default TLS configuration where users must opt in to verify certificates.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDperl/perl< 5.38.0
▶Debianperl/perl< 5.38.2-2+1

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: blog.hackeriet.no ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2023-31486: HTTP::Tiny before 0↗2023-04-29
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GHSA
GHSA-g56r-phrf-6pc4: HTTP::Tiny 0↗2023-04-29
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CVEList
CVE-2023-31486: HTTP::Tiny before 0↗2023-04-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Apple
CVE-2023-31486: macOS Sequoia 15.2↗2024-12-11
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Oracle
Oracle Oracle Communications Risk Matrix: Install/Upgrade (Perl) — CVE-2023-31486↗2024-01-15
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Red Hat
http-tiny: insecure TLS cert default↗2023-04-18
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Microsoft
HTTP::Tiny before 0.083 a Perl core module since 5.13.9 and available standalone on CPAN has an insecure default TLS configuration where users must opt in to verify certificates.↗2023-04-11
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Debian
CVE-2023-31486: libhttp-tiny-perl - HTTP::Tiny before 0.083, a Perl core module since 5.13.9 and available standalon...↗2023
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2023-31486 http-tiny: perl: insecure TLS cert default↗2023-08-02
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