VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-5088

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-04-15
Last modified2026-10-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

Apache::API::Password versions through 0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts. The _make_salt and _make_salt_bcrypt methods will attept to load Crypt::URandom and then Bytes::Random::Secure to generate random bytes for the salt. If those modules are unavailable, it will simply return 16 bytes generated with Perl's built-in rand function. The rand function is unsuitable for cryptographic use. These salts are used for password hashing.

Weakness classification

  • 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e: CWE-338

Primary references