CVE-2017-20240EPSS p23.5%

CVE-2017-20240CVE-2017-20240

Description

Crypt::PBKDF2 versions before 0.261630 for Perl are vulnerable to timing attacks. These versions use Perl's built-in eq comparison. Discrepancies in timing could be used to guess the underlying derived-key.

Scoring

CVSS 5.9 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS0.32% probability of exploitation · percentile 23.5% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Last modified2026-06-12
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