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Fedora 43 : perl-Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication (2026-af4f5feae8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 318195

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-af4f5feae8 advisory.

 Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication versions through 0.10024 for Perl is susceptible to timing attacks since these versions use Perl's built-in eq comparison. Discrepencies in timing could be used to guess the underlying hash or password. Version 0.10026 of the module fixes this issue.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 affected perl-Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-af4f5feae8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 318195

File Name: fedora_2026-af4f5feae8.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/2/2026

Updated: 6/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-5091

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-catalyst-plugin-authentication, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-5091