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critical 9.3

CVE-2025-40934 json

XML-Sig prior to 0.68 for Perl improperly validates XML without signatures

published 11mo ago modified 22d ago also EUVD-2025-199778

cvss
9.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

XML-Sig versions 0.27 through 0.67 for Perl incorrectly validates XML files if signatures are omitted.

An attacker can remove the signature from the XML document to make it pass the verification check.

XML-Sig is a Perl module to validate signatures on XML files.  An unsigned XML file should return an error message.  The affected versions return true when attempting to validate an XML file that contains no signatures.

Patch / fix

  • TIMLEGGE XML::Sig 0.68
  • perl-xml-sig Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 0.68-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2025-40934

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
11mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • TIMLEGGE XML::Sig

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

Sources

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