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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-12 15:22 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
cpanpm_project cpanpm Affected: 0 , < 2.35 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:cpanpm_project:cpanpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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