VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-8647
CVSS score4.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-05-26
Last modified2026-07-23
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
Crypt::ScryptKDF versions through 0.010 for Perl uses insecure random number source when no CSPRNG module is available. The random_bytes function fell back to using the built-in rand() function when none of the Perl modules Crypt::PRNG, Crypt::OpenSSL::Random, Net::SSLeay, Crypt::Random, or Bytes::Random::Secure were available.
Weakness classification
- 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e: CWE-338