CVE-2026-74846

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-74846",
  "sourceIdentifier": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
  "published": "2026-11-03T08:17:15.673",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-03T08:17:15.673",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "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."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "collectionURL": "https://cpan.org/modules",
          "packageName": "Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication",
          "modules": [
            "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",
          "packageURL": "pkg:cpan/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "0.10029",
              "versionType": "custom",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-208"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication/commit/ba4435f1fa6b641e6c8793c88b5433afa83ceafa.patch",
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/ETHER/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication-0.10029/changes",
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5091",
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"
    }
  ]
}