CVE-2023-31484

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  3. CVE-2023-31484
CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.

8.1 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1 Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3 Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2 Mailing List
https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/ Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/andk/cpanpm/pull/175 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BM6UW55CNFUTNGD5ZRKGUKKKFDJGMFHL/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LEGCEOKFJVBJ2QQ6S2H4NAEWTUERC7SB/
https://metacpan.org/dist/CPAN/changes Release Notes
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14 Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1 Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3 Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2 Mailing List
https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/ Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/andk/cpanpm/pull/175 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00017.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BM6UW55CNFUTNGD5ZRKGUKKKFDJGMFHL/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LEGCEOKFJVBJ2QQ6S2H4NAEWTUERC7SB/
https://metacpan.org/dist/CPAN/changes Release Notes
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14 Mailing List Patch
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:cpanpm_project:cpanpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

03 Nov 2025, 22:16

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References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00017.html -

21 Nov 2024, 08:01

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1 - Mailing List, Patch () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1 - Mailing List, Patch
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3 - Mailing List, Patch () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3 - Mailing List, Patch
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5 - Mailing List () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5 - Mailing List
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2 - Mailing List () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2 - Mailing List
References () https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/ - Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/ - Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/andk/cpanpm/pull/175 - Exploit, Issue Tracking () https://github.com/andk/cpanpm/pull/175 - Exploit, Issue Tracking
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BM6UW55CNFUTNGD5ZRKGUKKKFDJGMFHL/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BM6UW55CNFUTNGD5ZRKGUKKKFDJGMFHL/ -
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LEGCEOKFJVBJ2QQ6S2H4NAEWTUERC7SB/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LEGCEOKFJVBJ2QQ6S2H4NAEWTUERC7SB/ -
References () https://metacpan.org/dist/CPAN/changes - Release Notes () https://metacpan.org/dist/CPAN/changes - Release Notes
References () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/ - () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/ -
References () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14 - Mailing List, Patch () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14 - Mailing List, Patch

21 Jun 2024, 19:15

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References
  • () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/ -

02 Aug 2023, 15:28

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BM6UW55CNFUTNGD5ZRKGUKKKFDJGMFHL/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BM6UW55CNFUTNGD5ZRKGUKKKFDJGMFHL/ - Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LEGCEOKFJVBJ2QQ6S2H4NAEWTUERC7SB/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LEGCEOKFJVBJ2QQ6S2H4NAEWTUERC7SB/ - Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

10 Jul 2023, 16:15

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References
  • (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BM6UW55CNFUTNGD5ZRKGUKKKFDJGMFHL/ -
  • (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LEGCEOKFJVBJ2QQ6S2H4NAEWTUERC7SB/ -

08 May 2023, 17:11

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:cpanpm_project:cpanpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (MISC) https://github.com/andk/cpanpm/pull/175 - (MISC) https://github.com/andk/cpanpm/pull/175 - Exploit, Issue Tracking
References (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1 - (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1 - Mailing List, Patch
References (MISC) https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14 - (MISC) https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14 - Mailing List, Patch
References (MISC) https://metacpan.org/dist/CPAN/changes - (MISC) https://metacpan.org/dist/CPAN/changes - Release Notes
References (MISC) https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/ - (MISC) https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/ - Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3 - (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3 - Mailing List, Patch
References (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5 - (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5 - Mailing List
References (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2 - (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2 - Mailing List
CWE CWE-295

08 May 2023, 00:15

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References
  • (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2 -

04 May 2023, 00:15

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References
  • (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5 -

03 May 2023, 21:15

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References
  • (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3 -

29 Apr 2023, 12:15

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References
  • (MLIST) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1 -

29 Apr 2023, 00:15

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New CVE
Information

Published : 2023-04-29 00:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 22:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-31484

Mitre link : CVE-2023-31484

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-31484

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Products Affected

perl

  • perl

cpanpm_project

  • cpanpm
CWE
CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation