Bug 2480644 (CVE-2026-5091) - CVE-2026-5091 perl-Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication: Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication: Information disclosure via timing attack
Summary: CVE-2026-5091 perl-Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication: Catalyst::Plugin::Authenti...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-5091
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2483712
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Reported: 2026-05-21 22:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-09 08:55 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-21 22:01:18 UTC 
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.
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