CVE-2014-3230: Lwp::protocol::https Project Lwp::protocol::https

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The libwww-perl LWP::Protocol::https module 6.04 through 6.06 for Perl, when using IO::Socket::SSL as the SSL socket class, allows attackers to disable server certificate validation via the (1) HTTPS_CA_DIR or (2) HTTPS_CA_FILE environment variable.

Affected products

• Lwp::protocol::https Project Lwp::protocol::https: from 6.04, up to and including 6.06

Published 2020-01-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.