CVE-2020-36829
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileEURUEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The Mojolicious module before 8.65 for Perl is vulnerable to secure_compare timing attacks that allow an attacker to guess the length of a secret string. Only versions after 1.74 are affected.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (5)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (11)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2020-36829/cnnvd
- https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/issues/1599cnnvd
- https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/pull/1601cnnvd
- https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/pull/1601/commits/03bf428a4fbd0f3be055f5fac1c6d1f2a233ca32Patchcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00025.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/issues/1599enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/pull/1601enisa_euvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00025.htmlenisa_euvd
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