CVE-2026-5086

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 75/100
Published: 2026-04-13 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: None
A: None

Description

Crypt::SecretBuffer versions before 0.019 for Perl is suseceptible to timing attacks. For example, if Crypt::SecretBuffer was used to store and compare plaintext passwords, then discrepencies in timing could be used to guess the secret password.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
nerdvana crypt\ \ < 0.019

Bug Bounty Relevance

75 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.40%
Raw Score 0.003960
Percentile 33.8%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00396
2026-10-28
0.00396

Intelligence Sources

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