Security Advisories (9)
Mojo::DOM did not correctly parse <script> tags.
Small sessions could be used as part of a brute-force attack to decode the session secret.
A bug in format detection can potentially be exploited for a DoS attack.
Mojo::Util secure_compare can leak the string length. By immediately returning when the two strings are not the same length, the function allows an attacker to guess the length of the secret string using timing attacks.
Mojo::UserAgent was not checking peer SSL certificates by default.
GET requests with embedded backslashes can be used to access local files on Windows hosts
Mojo::UserAgent::CookieJar leaks old cookies because of the missing host_only flag on empty domain.
Mojolicious versions from 0.999922 for Perl uses a hard coded string, or the application's class name, as an HMAC session cookie secret by default. These predictable default secrets can be exploited by an attacker to forge session cookies. An attacker who knows or guesses the secret could compute valid HMAC signatures for the session cookie, allowing them to tamper with or hijack another user’s session.
- https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/pull/1791
- https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/pull/2200
- https://www.synacktiv.com/publications/baking-mojolicious-cookies
- https://medium.com/securing/baking-mojolicious-cookies-revisited-a-case-study-of-solving-security-problems-through-security-by-13da7c225802
- https://metacpan.org/release/SRI/Mojolicious-9.39/source/lib/Mojolicious.pm#L51
- https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/pull/4090
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2025/05/msg00016.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2025/05/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2025/05/msg00018.html
- https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/pull/2252
- https://docs.mojolicious.org/Mojolicious/Guides/FAQ#What-does-Your-secret-passphrase-needs-to-be-changed-mean
Mojo::JSON versions before 9.47 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded recursion in the pure-Perl decoder. The pure-Perl decode path (`_decode_value` dispatching to `_decode_array` and `_decode_object`) recurses with no depth limit, so a small deeply nested JSON document can consume excessive memory. This path is the default when Cpanel::JSON::XS is not installed or `MOJO_NO_JSON_XS=1` is set; the Cpanel::JSON::XS fast path is not affected. Any caller that decodes an untrusted JSON body, for example `Mojo::Message::json` reached through `$c->req->json`, can exhaust process memory and cause denial of service.
NAME
hypnotoad - Hypnotoad HTTP and WebSocket server
SYNOPSIS
Usage: hypnotoad [OPTIONS] [APPLICATION]
hypnotoad ./script/my_app
hypnotoad ./myapp.pl
hypnotoad -f ./myapp.pl
Options:
-f, --foreground Keep manager process in foreground
-h, --help Show this message
-s, --stop Stop server gracefully
-t, --test Test application and exitDESCRIPTION
Start Mojolicious and Mojolicious::Lite applications with the Hypnotoad web server.
SEE ALSO
Module Install Instructions
To install Mojolicious, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm Mojoliciousperl -MCPAN -e shell
install MojoliciousFor more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.