Bug#1137325: libcatalyst-plugin-authentication-perl: CVE-2026-5091

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Package: libcatalyst-plugin-authentication-perl
Version: 0.10024-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libcatalyst-plugin-authentication-perl.

CVE-2026-5091[0]:
| Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication versions through 0.10024 for Perl
| is susceptible to timing attacks.  These versions use Perl's built-
| in eq comparison. Discrepencies in timing could be used to guess the
| underlying hash or password.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-5091
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5091
[1] https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/40281889/
[2] https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication/commit/b0515f492257438cf07082acf1e10d06e8088a5e

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore