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Echo: perl: security update to 5.40.1-6+e18

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 461840

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - HTTP::Tiny versions before 0.095 for Perl forward credential headers to cross-origin redirect targets.
 When the server returns a 3xx redirect, `_maybe_redirect` follows the `Location:` header and
 `_prepare_headers_and_cb` re-merges the caller's `headers` argument into the new request, without checking
 whether the redirect target shares an origin with the original URL. Caller-supplied `Authorization`,
 `Cookie` and `Proxy-Authorization` headers are therefore re-sent to whatever host the redirect names,
 across scheme, host or port boundaries, and including `https` to `http` downgrades that expose them in
 plaintext on the wire. The HTTP::Tiny POD note that "Authorization headers will not be included in a
 redirected request" applied only to the URL-userinfo Basic-auth path, not to headers passed explicitly by
 the caller. (CVE-2026-7017)

Solution

Update the perl library and its related packages to version 5.40.1-6+e18 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-7017

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 461840

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-7017

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-7017