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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:46:30 +0200
From: Stig Palmquist <stig@...g.io>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: sjn@....org
Subject: Perl's HTTP::Tiny has insecure TLS cert default, affecting CPAN.pm
and other modules
HTTP::Tiny v0.082, a Perl core module since v5.13.9 and available
standalone on CPAN, does not verify TLS certs by default. Users must
opt-in with the verify_SSL=>1 flag to verify certs when using HTTPS.
We grepped trough CPAN to find distributions using HTTP::Tiny that
didn't specify cert verification behaviour, possibly exposing users to
mitm attacks. Here are some examples with patches:
- CPAN.pm v2.34 downloads and executes code from https://cpan.org
without verifying server certs. Fixed in v2.35-TRIAL.
https://github.com/andk/cpanpm/commit/9c98370287f4e709924aee7c58ef21c85289a7f0
- GitLab::API::v4 v0.26 exposes API secrets to a network attacker.
https://github.com/bluefeet/GitLab-API-v4/pull/57
- Finance::Robinhood v0.21 is maybe exposing API secrets and financial
information to a network attacker.
https://github.com/sanko/Finance-Robinhood/pull/6
- Paws (aws-sdk-perl) v0.44 is maybe exposing API secrets to a network
attacker.
https://github.com/pplu/aws-sdk-perl/pull/426
- CloudHealth::API v0.01 is maybe exposing API secrets to a network
attacker.
https://github.com/pplu/cloudhealth-api-perl/pull/2
... and more. We have generated a list of over 300 potentially affected
CPAN distributions.
More info in our blog post:
https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/
--
Stig Palmquist <stig@...g.io>
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