Mojo::JWT versions before 1.02 for Perl verify HMAC signatures with a non-constant-time string comparison.
The decode() method compares the supplied signature to the recomputed HMAC with Perl's eq operator, which stops at the first differing byte, so the comparison time varies with the number of matching leading bytes.
A caller that decodes attacker supplied tokens leaks the expected signature through this timing variation, which can be aggregated over many requests to recover the signature and forge a token.
The decode() method compares the supplied signature to the recomputed HMAC with Perl's eq operator, which stops at the first differing byte, so the comparison time varies with the number of matching leading bytes.
A caller that decodes attacker supplied tokens leaks the expected signature through this timing variation, which can be aggregated over many requests to recover the signature and forge a token.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| JBERGER | Mojo::JWT | unaffected |
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Upgrade to Mojo-JWT 1.02, which compares signatures with the constant-time Mojo::Util::secure_compare.
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Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000
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| Description | Mojo::JWT versions before 1.02 for Perl verify HMAC signatures with a non-constant-time string comparison. The decode() method compares the supplied signature to the recomputed HMAC with Perl's eq operator, which stops at the first differing byte, so the comparison time varies with the number of matching leading bytes. A caller that decodes attacker supplied tokens leaks the expected signature through this timing variation, which can be aggregated over many requests to recover the signature and forge a token. | |
| Title | Mojo::JWT versions before 1.02 for Perl verify HMAC signatures with a non-constant-time string comparison | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-208 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
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Updated: 2026-07-17T17:25:14.154Z
Reserved: 2026-05-25T20:46:44.842Z
Link: CVE-2026-9537
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