CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-6659

7.5 HIGH Published 2026-05-08 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2026-05-08
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

Crypt::PasswdMD5 versions through 1.42 for Perl generates insecure random values for salts. The built-in rand function is predictable, and unsuitable for cryptography.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) weakness

References