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CVE-2024-45321

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-45321 is a critical vulnerability affecting the App::cpanminus package for Perl, specifically versions through 1.7047, where it insecurely downloads code over HTTP. This allows a network attacker to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7047CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:app\:\:cpanminus_project:app\:\:cpanminus:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 20th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: perl-App-cpanminus:1.7044-8100020241029121948.40ccbe18
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: perl-App-cpanminus-0:1.7044-14.1.el9_5
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: perl-App-cpanminus
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: perl-App-cpanminus

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2024-45321Moderate

perl-App-cpanminus: Insecure HTTP in App::cpanminus Allows Code Execution Vulnerability

Aug 27, 2024

References

github.com / miyagawa/cpanminus/issues/611
Issue Tracking
github.com / miyagawa/cpanminus/pull/674
Issue TrackingPatch
security.metacpan.org / 2024/08/26/cpanminus-downloads-code-using-insecure-http.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory