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.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-016607 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2020-36829)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3846 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3846-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/              Arturo Borrero Gonzalez     June 28, 2024                                 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : libmojolicious-perl     Version        : 8.12+dfsg-1.1~deb10u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2020-36829

    Mojolicious is a Perl Web Application Framework built around the familiar     Model-View-Controller philosophy. It supports a simple single file mode via     Mojolicious::Lite, RESTful routes, plugins, Perl-ish templates, session     management, signed cookies, a testing framework, internationalization, first     class Unicode support, and more.

    The libmojolicious-perl package had a timing attack vulnerability that allowed     an attacker to guess the length of a secret string.

    For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version     8.12+dfsg-1.1~deb10u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your libmojolicious-perl packages.

    For the detailed security status of libmojolicious-perl please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libmojolicious-perl

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
316282	Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1070e Security Update: perl-Mojolicious (UTSA-2026-016607)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high
255840	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-36829	Nessus	Misc.	high
201167	Debian dla-3846 : libmojolicious-perl - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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