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1 vulnerability by cpanpm_project
CVE-2023-31484 (GCVE-0-2023-31484)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-28 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:48
VLAI?
Summary
CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.
Severity ?
8.1 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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