CVE-2026-5088
Apache::API::Password versions through 0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts
Summary
Apache::API::Password versions through 0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory metacpan.org
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package gitlab.com
- web openwall.com
- web openwall.com
- web cpan.org
- web metacpan.org
- web metacpan.org
- web security.metacpan.org