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CVE-2023-31486

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-04-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-295

Description

HTTP::Tiny before 0.083, a Perl core module since 5.13.9 and available standalone on CPAN, has an insecure default TLS configuration where users must opt in to verify certificates.

Affected products

• Http::Tiny Project Http::Tiny: before 0.083 — fixed in 0.083
• perl: before 5.38.0 — fixed in 5.38.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Http::Tiny Project Http::Tiny 0.083; perl 5.38.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2
• https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/
• https://github.com/chansen/p5-http-tiny/pull/153
• https://hackeriet.github.io/cpan-http-tiny-overview/
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/4
• https://www.reddit.com/r/perl/comments/111tadi/psa_httptiny_disabled_ssl_verification_by_default/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3

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