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CVE-2020-16155

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-16155 describes a vulnerability in the CPAN::Checksums package 2.12 for Perl, where signed data is not uniquely defined. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and requires low privileges, potentially leading to high integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cpan\:\:checksums_project:cpan\:\:checksums:2.12:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0096 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blog.hackeriet.no / cpan-signature-verification-vulnerabilities
ExploitThird Party Advisory
metacpan.org / pod/CPAN::Checksums
ProductThird Party Advisory