CVE-2026-5088highCWE-338

CVE-2026-5088: high-severity vulnerability in JDEGUEST Apache::API::Password

Apache::API::Password versions through 0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts

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21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 7.5epss 0.6%
exploitation probability
0.6%top 54% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
JDEGUEST · Apache::API::Password
References
https://metacpan.org/pod/Crypt::URandomhttps://metacpan.org/release/JDEGUEST/Apache2-API-v0.5.2/view/lib/Apache2/API/Password.podhttps://metacpan.org/release/JDEGUEST/Apache2-API-v0.5.3/changeshttps://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.htmlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/15/4http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/15/5