CVE-2026-6656

Crypt::Password versions through 0.28 for Perl are susceptible to timing attacks. The checkpassword method uses the built-in eq operator. This allows discrepancies in timing to be used to guess the underlying hash...

CVE-2026-6656

CVE-2026-6656 affects Crypt::Password for Perl up to version 0.28. The vulnerability arises in check_password, which uses the built-in eq operator, enabling timing differences to leak information about the underlying hash and facilitating a timing attack. Reported CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.5 (HIG...