Fixes #63: An unsigned XML should fail verification

Changes

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ Revision history for XML-Sig
 
 {{$NEXT}}
 
+  [Notable Changes since 0.67]
+  - Fixed (CVE-2025-40934) issue where unsigned xml verified as true (thanks @gttds)
+
+  [Change Log]
+  - 420d8c4 Fixes #63: An unsigned XML should fail verification
+
 0.67 -- Fri Nov 07 18:25:52 AST 2025
 
   [Notable Changes since 0.65]

Makefile.PL

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ my %WriteMakefileArgs = (
     "Test::Lib" => 0,
     "Test::More" => 0
   },
-  "VERSION" => "0.67",
+  "VERSION" => "0.68",
   "test" => {
     "TESTS" => "t/*.t"
   }

README

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ NAME
     Signatures
 
 VERSION
-    version 0.67
+    version 0.68
 
 SYNOPSIS
        my $xml = '<foo ID="abc">123</foo>';

lib/XML/Sig.pm

@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ sub verify {
     my $numsigs = $signature_nodeset->size();
     print ("NodeSet Size: $numsigs\n") if $DEBUG;
 
+    die 'XML::Sig - XML does not include any signatures' if $numsigs <= 0;
     # Loop through each Signature in the document checking each
     my $i;
     while (my $signature_node = $signature_nodeset->shift()) {
@@ -669,7 +670,7 @@ sub verify {
         return 0 unless ($refdigest eq _trim(encode_base64($digest, '')));
 
         print ( "Signature $i Valid\n") if $DEBUG;
-        }
+    }
 
     return 1;
 }

t/027_no_signatures_should_fail.t

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More;
+use Test::Exception;
+
+use XML::Sig;
+
+my $cert_text = '-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIIC4jCCAcoCCQC33wnybT5QZDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADAyMQswCQYDVQQGEwJV
+SzEPMA0GA1UECgwGQm94eUhRMRIwEAYDVQQDDAlNb2NrIFNBTUwwIBcNMjIwMjI4
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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----';
+
+my $xml = '<foo ID="abc">123</foo>';
+my $signer = XML::Sig->new({
+  cert_text => $cert_text,
+});
+
+# verify a signature
+dies_ok( sub { $signer->verify($xml); }, "No Signatures found die properly.");
+
+done_testing();