Crypt-SecretBuffer-0.014

Security Advisories (1)

CVE-2026-5086 (2026-04-13)

Crypt::SecretBuffer versions before 0.019 for Perl is suseceptible to timing attacks. For example, if Crypt::SecretBuffer was used to store and compare plaintext passwords, then discrepencies in timing could be used to guess the secret password.

https://metacpan.org/release/NERDVANA/Crypt-SecretBuffer-0.019/source/Changes

Changes for version 0.014 - 2025-12-22

Fix MULTIPLICITY (ithreads) support

Documentation

README.md

SECURITY.md

Modules

Crypt::SecretBuffer

Prevent accidentally leaking a string of sensitive data

Crypt::SecretBuffer::AsyncResult

Observe results of a write_async operation

Crypt::SecretBuffer::INI

Parse INI format from a SecretBuffer

Crypt::SecretBuffer::PEM

Parse PEM format from a SecretBuffer

Crypt::SecretBuffer::Span

Reference a span of bytes within a SecretBuffer

Provides

Crypt::SecretBuffer::Exports

in lib/Crypt/SecretBuffer.pm

Other files

To install Crypt::SecretBuffer, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm

cpanm Crypt::SecretBuffer

CPAN shell

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Crypt::SecretBuffer

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

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