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CVE-2026-16235

9.8 critical SSVC exploitation: none Deferred

Crypt::Password versions through 0.28 for Perl generate insecure random values for salts. These versions use the built-in rand function, which is predictable and unsuitable for cryptography.

Fix

Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 9.8NVD modified 2026-10-24 20:10

Affected (CPE criteria) 0

NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.

References 2