CVE-2026-5088 - Apache::API::Password versions through v0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts

CVE-2026-5088 - Apache::API::Password versions through v0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts

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CVE ID :CVE-2026-5088
Published : April 15, 2026, 7:03 a.m. | 2 hours, 37 minutes ago
Description :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: 0.0 | NA
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