# CVE-2023-31484: CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-04-28 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14
- https://github.com/andk/cpanpm/pull/175
- https://metacpan.org/dist/CPAN/changes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/07/2
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BM6UW55CNFUTNGD5ZRKGUKKKFDJGMFHL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LEGCEOKFJVBJ2QQ6S2H4NAEWTUERC7SB/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0007/

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