Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Jun 12, 2026· Updated Jun 12, 2026
CVE-2017-20240
CVE-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.
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