CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-5088
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-04-15
- Last modified
- 2026-10-26
- Assigner
- 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-338
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.
Affected configurations
• jdeguest apache\ \ (< 0.5.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) weakness
References
- https://metacpan.org/pod/Crypt::URandom Product
- https://metacpan.org/release/JDEGUEST/Apache2-API-v0.5.2/view/lib/Apache2/API/Password.pod Product
- https://metacpan.org/release/JDEGUEST/Apache2-API-v0.5.3/changes Release Notes
- https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html Product
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/15/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/15/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory