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Review JJNAPIORK CVE published 2026-05-21

CVE-2026-5091

CVE-2026-5091 describes a timing-side-channel weakness in Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication for Perl. Versions through 0.10024 used Perl's built-in eq comparison when checking authentication data, and timing differences could help an attacker guess the underlying hash or password. The supplied NVD record maps the issue to CWE-208 and cites a GitHub patch plus a MetaCPAN changelog as references.