Insecure Default Initialization of Resource The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package perl-HTTP-Tiny (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published26 Jun 2025
- disclosed18 Apr 2023
Introduced: 18 Apr 2023
CVE-2023-31486 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:9.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-HTTP-Tiny package and not the perl-HTTP-Tiny package as distributed by RHEL.
HTTP::Tiny before 0.083, a Perl core module since 5.13.9 and available standalone on CPAN, has an insecure default TLS configuration where users must opt in to verify certificates.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31486
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241129-0011/
- 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://blog.hackeriet.no/perl-http-tiny-insecure-tls-default-affects-cpan-modules/
- https://github.com/chansen/p5-http-tiny/pull/153
- https://hackeriet.github.io/cpan-http-tiny-overview/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/14
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/03/4
- https://www.reddit.com/r/perl/comments/111tadi/psa_httptiny_disabled_ssl_verification_by_default/