{"id":"CVE-2026-6659","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-6659","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:26:33.201Z","title":"Crypt::PasswdMD5 versions through 1.42 for Perl generates insecure random values for salts.","description":"Crypt::PasswdMD5 versions through 1.42 for Perl generates insecure random values for salts.\n\nThe built-in rand function is predictable, and unsuitable for cryptography.","published":"2026-05-08T18:16:34.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T18:10:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-338"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00447,"percentile":0.38627,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ronsavage/Crypt-PasswdMD5/commit/a2f821637db0296082297aa4b02254ab08f0dc5e.patch","source":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"https://github.com/ronsavage/Crypt-PasswdMD5/pull/3","source":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"https://metacpan.org/release/RSAVAGE/Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.42/source/lib/Crypt/PasswdMD5.pm#L35-47","source":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"https://metacpan.org/release/RSAVAGE/Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.43/changes","source":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/08/17","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6659","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}