CVE-2026-5088 (GCVE-0-2026-5088)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-15 07:03 – Updated: 2026-04-15 17:24
VLAI?
Title
Apache::API::Password versions through v0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts
Summary
Apache::API::Password versions through v0.5.2 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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-338 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
JDEGUEST Apache::API::Password Affected: 0 , ≤ v0.5.2 (custom)
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