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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.3 Medium

CVE-2026-9537

Mojo::JWT versions before 1.02 for Perl verify HMAC signatures with a non-constant-time string comparison

Description

Mojo::JWT versions before 1.02 for Perl verify HMAC signatures with a non-constant-time string comparison. The decode() method compares the supplied signature to the recomputed HMAC with Perl's eq operator, which stops at the first differing byte, so the comparison time varies with the number of matching leading bytes. A caller that decodes attacker supplied tokens leaks the expected signature through this timing variation, which can be aggregated over many requests to recover the signature and forge a token.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

JBERGER Mojo::JWT

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 1.02affected

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