CVE-2026-72889

NameCVE-2026-72889
DescriptionNet::OAuth versions before 0.33 for Perl allow the sender to choose the signature algorithm in verify. verify resolves the signature method class from the signature_method parameter of the incoming message. signature_method is required on every request, so the algorithm used to check a signature is chosen by whoever sent it, and nothing lets the verifying party pin the method instead. When a message names HMAC-SHA1 or HMAC-SHA256, the key is derived from consumer_secret and token_secret rather than from the key the provider deployed. A provider deployed on RSA-SHA1 holds only the consumer public key, and RFC 5849 does not use consumer_secret for that method, so the required parameter is filled with a placeholder. A client that names HMAC-SHA1 instead has its signature checked against that placeholder, so a guessable one is enough to forge requests for any consumer key and token.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1144854

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libnet-oauth-perl (PTS)bookworm0.28-4vulnerable
trixie0.31-1vulnerable
forky, sid0.33-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libnet-oauth-perlsource(unstable)0.33-11144854

Notes

[trixie] - libnet-oauth-perl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - libnet-oauth-perl <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/42818761/
https://github.com/vurtdev/Net-OAuth/security/advisories/GHSA-c8rm-g5cm-4pf5
Fixed by: https://github.com/vurtdev/Net-OAuth/commit/c467adf45c8d77ac4b92ad78b3eebf949252ba7f

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