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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-86219 EUVD-2026-72163GHSA-w4h4-7ff5-56xr

Authen::SASL::Perl::DIGEST_MD5 versions before 2.2100 for Perl accept replayed authentication responses via unverified nonce in server_step

Published Sep 6, 2026 · Updated Sep 8, 2026 · Assigned by CPANSec

Description

Authen::SASL::Perl::DIGEST_MD5 versions before 2.2100 for Perl accept replayed authentication responses via unverified nonce in server_step.

server_start generates a fresh nonce and sends it in the challenge, and nothing later compares that value against the nonce the client returns. server_step derives the expected digest from the client's own parameters, so a response verifies whenever its digest matches the nonce it carries. The count table it also checks is keyed on the client-supplied nonce and starts empty in each new server object, so a captured first response, carrying `nc=00000001`, passes that too. RFC 2831 defines the nonce in the response as the value the server sent in the preceding challenge.

An attacker who observes one successful `qop=auth` exchange can replay the captured response against a later session for the same service, host, realm and user, and authenticate as that user without knowing the password.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Authen-SASL < 2.2100 2.2100

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libauthen-sasl-perl 2.2000-2 —
Debian 13 libauthen-sasl-perl No fix yet —
Debian 12 libauthen-sasl-perl No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libauthen-sasl-perl 2.2000-1ubuntu1 —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libauthen-sasl-perl 2.2000-1ubuntu0.1 USN-8858-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libauthen-sasl-perl 2.1700-1ubuntu0.1 USN-8858-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libauthen-sasl-perl 2.1600-1.1ubuntu0.1 USN-8858-1
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS libauthen-sasl-perl 2.1600-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1 USN-8858-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS libauthen-sasl-perl 2.1600-1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1 USN-8858-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS libauthen-sasl-perl 2.1600-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1 USN-8858-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS libauthen-sasl-perl 2.1500-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 USN-8858-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 perl-Authen-SASL 2.16-150000.1.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4302-1
SLES 15 SP6 perl-Authen-SASL 2.16-150000.1.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4302-1
SLES 15 SP5 perl-Authen-SASL 2.16-150000.1.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4302-1
SLES 15 SP4 perl-Authen-SASL 2.16-150000.1.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4302-1
SLES 12 SP5 perl-Authen-SASL 2.16-5.6.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4280-1
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 perl-Authen-SASL 2.170.0-160000.4.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23913-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 perl-Authen-SASL 2.16-150000.1.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4302-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 perl-Authen-SASL 2.16-150000.1.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4302-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 perl-Authen-SASL 2.16-150000.1.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4302-1
SLES 16.0 perl-Authen-SASL 2.170.0-160000.4.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23913-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 perl-Authen-SASL 2.16-150000.1.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4302-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 perl-Authen-SASL 2.16-150000.1.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4302-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed perl-Authen-SASL 2.210.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11734-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 perl-Authen-SASL 2.170.0-160000.4.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21946-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 perl-Authen-SASL 2.16-23.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-3090
Amazon Linux 2 perl-Authen-SASL 2.15-10.amzn2.0.2 ALAS2-2026-3923

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