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Crypt-SecretBuffer-0.017_001
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.

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::ConsoleState
Disable TTY echo within a scope
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