CVE-2023-31484 describes a critical vulnerability in CPAN.pm versions prior to 2.35, affecting various Perl distributions, where TLS certificates are not validated during HTTPS downloads. This allows for a high-complexity network attack with no user interaction, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score is 8.1 (High), there is currently no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cpanpm_project:cpanpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.38.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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