The App::cpanminus package 1.7044 for Perl allows Signature Verification Bypass.

The version of perl-App-cpanminus installed on the remote host is prior to 1.6922-2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2802 advisory.

    The App::cpanminus package 1.7044 for Perl allows Signature Verification Bypass. (CVE-2020-16154)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The App::cpanminus package 1.7044 for Perl allows Signature Verification Bypass. (CVE-2020-16154)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5230-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that App::cpanminus did not properly verify CHECKSUMS files. An attacker could possibly     use this issue to bypass signature verification, gaining access to sensitive data or possibly executing     unauthorized code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the perl-App-cpanminus package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The App::cpanminus package 1.7044 for Perl allows Signature Verification Bypass. (CVE-2020-16154)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:0074-1 advisory.

  - The App::cpanminus package 1.7044 for Perl allows Signature Verification Bypass. (CVE-2020-16154)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
233384	Amazon Linux 2 : perl-App-cpanminus (ALAS-2025-2802)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
223418	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-16154	Nessus	Misc.	high
183176	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : App::cpanminus vulnerability (USN-5230-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
160169	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : perl-App-cpanminus (EulerOS-SA-2022-1579)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
158650	openSUSE 15 Security Update : perl-App-cpanminus (openSUSE-SU-2022:0074-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2020-16154

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Tenable Plugins

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