{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-74846","assignerOrgId":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"CPANSec","dateReserved":"2026-08-17T06:30:29.057Z","datePublished":"2026-11-03T07:51:25.290Z","dateUpdated":"2026-11-03T07:51:25.290Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"affected":[{"collectionURL":"https://cpan.org/modules","defaultStatus":"unaffected","modules":["Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication"],"packageName":"Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication","packageURL":"pkg:cpan/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication","programFiles":["lib/Catalyst/Plugin/Authentication/Credential/Password.pm"],"programRoutines":[{"name":"Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::Credential::Password::_check_password"}],"repo":"https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication","versions":[{"lessThan":"0.10029","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication versions before 0.10029 for Perl allow timing attacks on stored passwords via eq comparisons in the legacy password verifier.\n\nCVE-2026-5091 was fixed in the realm-based verifier. The legacy verifier, used by the deprecated login method, compares clear-text passwords, crypt hashes and base64 digests with eq, so the comparison time depends on how many leading bytes match.\n\nA remote attacker can use response-time differences to guess the stored password or hash."}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-208","description":"CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e","shortName":"CPANSec","dateUpdated":"2026-11-03T07:51:25.290Z"},"references":[{"tags":["release-notes"],"url":"https://metacpan.org/release/ETHER/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication-0.10029/changes"},{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication/commit/ba4435f1fa6b641e6c8793c88b5433afa83ceafa.patch"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5091"}],"solutions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Upgrade to Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication 0.10029 or later."}],"source":{"discovery":"UNKNOWN"},"title":"Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication versions before 0.10029 for Perl allow timing attacks on stored passwords via eq comparisons in the legacy password verifier","x_generator":{"engine":"cpansec-cna-tool 0.1"}}}}