CVE•Published 2026-07-20•Modified 2026-07-20•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-6656

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-208Observable Timing Discrepancy

Description

Crypt::Password versions through 0.28 for Perl are susceptible to timing attacks. The check_password method uses the built-in eq operator. This allows discrepancies in timing to be used to guess the underlying hash.

Timeline

Published 2026-07-20

Modified 2026-07-20

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-6656

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-6656

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-6656

Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.

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CVE-2026-6656