Critical severity9.3NVD Advisory· Published Nov 26, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-40934
CVE-2025-40934
Description
XML-Sig versions 0.27 through 0.67 for Perl incorrectly validates XML files if signatures are omitted.
An attacker can remove the signature from the XML document to make it pass the verification check.
XML-Sig is a Perl module to validate signatures on XML files. An unsigned XML file should return an error message. The affected versions return true when attempting to validate an XML file that contains no signatures.
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Affected products
3- Range: 0.27 - 0.67
- TIMLEGGE/XML::Sigv5Range: 0.27
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/perl-net-saml2/perl-XML-Sig/issues/63nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- github.com/perl-net-saml2/perl-XML-Sig/pull/64nvdIssue Tracking
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