CVE-2026-113812

critical

Description

Mozilla::CA versions before 20261020 for Perl provide a CA certificate bundle containing a root linked to compromised intermediates. The bundle includes "emSign ECC Root CA - G3", which provides a trust path for intermediate certificates whose private keys are publicly available. An attacker able to intercept or redirect client traffic may use these keys to impersonate a TLS server. LWP, HTTP::Tiny and other clients normally use IO::Socket::SSL, which looks for CA certificates in OpenSSL's default locations before falling back to Mozilla::CA. Configuration and environment variables can override this selection. Users should check which CA store their client uses. If it uses the system store, check for and install the operating system vendor's updates for this incident.

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/20/1

https://metacpan.org/release/LWP/Mozilla-CA-20261020/changes

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-105771

https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2083449

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/20/36

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-20

Updated: 2026-10-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00152