{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5091","details":"Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication versions through 0.10024 for Perl  is susceptible to timing attacks.  These versions use Perl's built-in eq comparison. Discrepencies in timing could be used to guess the underlying hash or password.","modified":"2026-09-14T17:03:16.969899340Z","published":"2026-05-21T22:16:48.530Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-5091"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-5091"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libcatalyst-plugin-authentication-perl","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/libcatalyst-plugin-authentication-perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.10023-4","0.10024-1","0.10026-1","0.10028-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5091.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libcatalyst-plugin-authentication-perl","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/libcatalyst-plugin-authentication-perl?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.10024-1","0.10026-1","0.10028-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5091.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libcatalyst-plugin-authentication-perl","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/libcatalyst-plugin-authentication-perl?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.10026-1"}]}],"versions":["0.10024-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5091.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}