Is LWP-Protocol-https safe to use?

LWP-Protocol-https has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (6.17). DepScope rates its health at 61/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of LWP-Protocol-https?

The latest version of LWP-Protocol-https is 6.17, released 2026-07-23.

Does LWP-Protocol-https have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of LWP-Protocol-https.

Is LWP-Protocol-https deprecated?

No, LWP-Protocol-https is actively maintained. Latest release: 6.17 (2026-07-23).

What are alternatives to LWP-Protocol-https?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for LWP-Protocol-https at this time.

What license does LWP-Protocol-https use?

LWP-Protocol-https is licensed under perl_5.

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LWP-Protocol-https

cpanv6.17

Provide https support for LWP::UserAgent

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libwww-perl/LWP-Protocol-https

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Active maintainers (3m)

4

Contributors (12m)

4

Primary author dominance

45%

GitHub stars

16

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Test::Pod IPC::Open3 Pod::Coverage::TrustPod Test::Kwalitee Test::CheckManifest Test::CPAN::Changes Test::More Test::Mojibake Test::Spelling Capture::Tiny Test::Pod::Coverage IO::Handle Test::CleanNamespaces Test::Version Test::Pod::Spelling::CommonMistakes Test::MinimumVersion Test::RequiresInternet Test::CPAN::Meta Test::EOL Test::Portability::Files File::Spec LWP::UserAgent strict LWP::Protocol::http Net::HTTPS IO::Socket::SSL base ExtUtils::MakeMaker File::Temp IO::Socket::INET warnings IO::Select IO::Socket::SSL::Utils Test::Needs Socket

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Last updated · 2026-07-23T14:33:01