CVE-2020-36829

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-04-08 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Mojolicious module before 8.65 for Perl is vulnerable to secure_compare timing attacks that allow an attacker to guess the length of a secret string. Only versions after 1.74 are affected.

Affected products

SRI Mojolicious: before 8.65 — fixed in 8.65

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SRI Mojolicious 8.65. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/issues/1599
https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/pull/1601
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00025.html
https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/issues/1599
https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/pull/1601
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00025.html

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