CVE-2026-5086

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Source

https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5086

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-5086.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-5086

Published

2026-04-13T22:54:53.724Z

Modified

2026-07-15T01:49:07.240296612Z

Severity

7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

Crypt::SecretBuffer versions before 0.019 for Perl is suseceptible to timing attacks

Details

Crypt::SecretBuffer versions before 0.019 for Perl is suseceptible to timing attacks.

For example, if Crypt::SecretBuffer was used to store and compare plaintext passwords, then discrepencies in timing could be used to guess the secret password.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-208"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/5xxx/CVE-2026-5086.json",
    "cna_assigner": "CPANSec"
}

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/nrdvana/perl-crypt-secretbuffer

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/nrdvana/perl-crypt-secretbuffer

Events

Introduced

Fixed

6b748b2b438217da49330f5123e38730f580210d

Database specific

{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:nerdvana:crypt\\:\\:secretbuffer:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "0.019"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "CPE_RANGE"
    ]
}

Affected versions

v0.*

v0.001

v0.002

v0.003

v0.004

v0.005

v0.006

v0.007

v0.008

v0.009

v0.010

v0.011

v0.012

v0.013

v0.014

v0.015

v0.016

v0.017

v0.017_001

v0.017_002

v0.018

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-5086.json"