CVE-2020-16156
Published: December 13, 2021Last modified: July 22, 2025
Description
CPAN 2.28 allows Signature Verification Bypass.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | REQUIRED |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | perl | Not affected (5.36.0-r2) |
| Stream | perl | Not affected (5.38.0-r0) | |
| Hardened Containers | 23 LTS | perl | Not affected (5.36.0-r2) |
| Stream | perl | Not affected (5.38.0-r0) |
References
- http://blogs.perl.org/users/neilb/2021/11/addressing-cpan-vulnerabilities-related-to-checksums.html
- https://blog.hackeriet.no/cpan-signature-verification-vulnerabilities/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00017.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SD6RYOJII7HRJ6WVORFNVTYNOFY5JDXN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SZ32AJIV4RHJMLWLU5QULGKMMIHYOMDC/
- https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/CPAN/scripts/cpan