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CVE-2023-31484
Published:April 28, 2023
Updated:July 21, 2026
CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.
Related Resources (18)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LEGCEOKFJVBJ2QQ6S2H4NAEWTUERC7SB/
https://metacpan.org/dist/CPAN/changes
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LEGCEOKFJVBJ2QQ6S2H4NAEWTUERC7SB/
https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BM6UW55CNFUTNGD5ZRKGUKKKFDJGMFHL/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31484
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-31484
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31484
https://github.com/andk/cpanpm/pull/175
https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/31xxx/CVE-2023-31484.json
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00017.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BM6UW55CNFUTNGD5ZRKGUKKKFDJGMFHL/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Certificate Validation
CWE-295
EPSS
Base Score:
1.55