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FKIE_CVE-2023-31486

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-04-29 00:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:57
Severity
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
HTTP::Tiny before 0.083, a Perl core module since 5.13.9 and available standalone on CPAN, has an insecure default TLS configuration where users must opt in to verify certificates.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1Mailing List, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3Mailing List, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/chansen/p5-http-tiny/pull/153Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://hackeriet.github.io/cpan-http-tiny-overview/Product
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14Mailing List, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.reddit.com/r/perl/comments/111tadi/psa_httptiny_disabled_ssl_verification_by_default/Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/chansen/p5-http-tiny/pull/153Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackeriet.github.io/cpan-http-tiny-overview/Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241129-0011/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.reddit.com/r/perl/comments/111tadi/psa_httptiny_disabled_ssl_verification_by_default/Issue Tracking
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
http\ \ tiny_project
perl perl *
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