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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2024-45321 json

The App::cpanminus package through 1.7047 for Perl downloads code via insecure HTTP, enabling code execution for network attackers.

published 2024-08-27 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-41438

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The App::cpanminus package through 1.7047 for Perl downloads code via insecure HTTP, enabling code execution for network attackers.

Patch / fix

  • perl-App-cpanminus RHEL 9 1.7044-14.1.el9_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:10218

  • perl-App-cpanminus openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.7047-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14291-1

  • perl-App-cpanminus AlmaLinux 9 1.7044-14.1.el9_5
  • perl-File-pushd AlmaLinux 8 1.014-6.module_el8.6.0+2851+b32f1bac
  • perl-Parse-PMFile AlmaLinux 8 0.41-7.module_el8.6.0+2851+b32f1bac
  • perl-App-cpanminus AlmaLinux 8 1.7044-6.module_el8.10.0+3924+8d272be4
  • perl-CPAN-Meta-Check AlmaLinux 8 0.014-6.module_el8.10.0+3924+8d272be4
  • perl-Module-CPANfile AlmaLinux 8 1.1002-7.module_el8.6.0+2792+592c5e39
  • perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo AlmaLinux 8 0.12-13.module_el8.6.0+2810+886f1911
  • perl-String-ShellQuote AlmaLinux 8 1.04-24.module_el8.6.0+2810+886f1911

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:10218ALSA-2024:10219

  • perl-App-cpanminus Rocky Linux 9 1.7044-14.1.el9_5
  • perl-File-pushd Rocky Linux 8 1.014-6.module+el8.10.0+1890+1072d5cf
  • perl-File-pushd Rocky Linux 8 1.014-6.module+el8.9.0+1491+219f8fe7
  • perl-File-pushd Rocky Linux 8 1.014-6.module+el8.9.0+1491+3507a112
  • perl-File-pushd Rocky Linux 8 1.014-6.module+el8.10.0+1890+281b551b
  • perl-File-pushd Rocky Linux 8 1.014-6.module+el8.9.0+1491+a1bcd037
  • perl-File-pushd Rocky Linux 8 1.014-6.module+el8.10.0+1890+318cbfb5
  • perl-File-pushd Rocky Linux 8 1.014-6.module+el8.10.0+1890+372c0e22

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:10218RLSA-2024:10219

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-45321 updated cvss 8.1

perl-App-cpanminus: Insecure HTTP in App::cpanminus Allows Code Execution Vulnerability

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perl-App-cpanminus
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perl-File-pushd, perl-Parse-PMFile, perl-App-cpanminus, perl-CPAN-Meta-Check, perl-Module-CPANfile, perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo, +1 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) perl-File-pushd 1.014-6.module+el8.10.0+22411+409a293e, perl-File-pushd 1.014-6.module+el8.10.0+22411+7e3d2305, perl-File-pushd 1.014-6.module+el8.10.0+22411+85254afd, perl-File-pushd 1.014-6.module+el8.10.0+22411+e14e3526, perl-Parse-PMFile 0.41-7.module+el8.10.0+22411+409a293e, perl-Parse-PMFile 0.41-7.module+el8.10.0+22411+7e3d2305, +21 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:10219
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) perl-App-cpanminus 1.7044-14.1.el9_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:10218
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 perl-App-cpanminus
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • security.metacpan.org https://security.metacpan.org/2024/08/26/cpanminus-downloads-code-using-insecure-http.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • perl cpanminus

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.