{"id":"CVE-2026-5088","aliases":["EUVD-2026-22840","GHSA-r6g6-6h6f-xcmj"],"status":"published","title":"Apache::API::Password versions through 0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts","description":"Apache::API::Password versions through 0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts.\n\nThe _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.\n\nThe rand function is unsuitable for cryptographic use.\n\nThese salts are used for password hashing.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"adp","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00572,"percentile":0.47627,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-338"],"published":"2026-04-15T07:03:13Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:37Z","products":[{"vendor":"jdeguest","product":"apache::api::password"},{"vendor":"jdeguest","product":"apache\\"}],"references":[{"url":"https://metacpan.org/release/JDEGUEST/Apache2-API-v0.5.3/changes","tags":["release-notes","Release Notes","advisory"]},{"url":"https://metacpan.org/release/JDEGUEST/Apache2-API-v0.5.2/view/lib/Apache2/API/Password.pod","tags":["related","Product","web"]},{"url":"https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html","tags":["technical-description","Product","article"]},{"url":"https://metacpan.org/pod/Crypt::URandom","tags":["Product","web"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/15/4","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/15/5","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5088","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r6g6-6h6f-xcmj"},{"url":"https://cpan.org/modules","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/5xxx/CVE-2026-5088.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://gitlab.com/jackdeguest/Apache2-API","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-5088","title":"Apache::API::Password versions through 0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts","description":"Apache::API::Password versions through 0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts.\n\nThe _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.\n\nThe rand function is unsuitable for cryptographic use.\n\nThese salts are used for password hashing.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-15T07:03:13.742Z","modified":"2026-05-01T16:03:43.825Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-338"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:39:39.001586Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-22840","description":"Apache::API::Password versions through 0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts.\n\nThe _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.\n\nThe rand function is unsuitable for cryptographic use.\n\nThese salts are used for password hashing.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-15T07:03:13Z","modified":"2026-05-01T16:03:43Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:05:18.723006Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-r6g6-6h6f-xcmj","title":"Apache::API::Password versions through v0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for...","description":"Apache::API::Password versions through v0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts.\n\nThe _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.\n\nThe rand function is unsuitable for cryptographic use.\n\nThese salts are used for password hashing.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-15T18:31:54Z","modified":"2026-04-16T15:32:34Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-338"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:07:31.233383Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-5088","description":"Apache::API::Password versions through 0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts.\n\nThe _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.\n\nThe rand function is unsuitable for cryptographic use.\n\nThese salts are used for password hashing.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-15T08:16:16.79Z","modified":"2026-10-26T22:10:00.163Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-338"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:14.748836Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-5088","title":"Apache::API::Password versions through 0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts","description":"Apache::API::Password versions through 0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts.\n\nThe _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.  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