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RHEL 7 : perl (RHSA-2026:0079)
high Nessus Plugin ID 281786
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for perl.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:0079 advisory.Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming.
Security Fix(es):
* perl: CPAN.pm does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS (CVE-2023-31484)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.
Solution
Update the RHEL perl package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:0079.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218667
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 281786
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-0079.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/5/2026
Updated: 1/5/2026
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.6
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31484
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-package-constants, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-object-accessor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-corelist, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-cbuilder, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-embed, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cpan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pod-escapes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-time-piece, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-loaded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io-zlib, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-install, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-locale-maketext-simple
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-31484