CVE-2026-6659

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6659
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-6659.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-6659
Downstream
AZL (1)
DEBIAN (1)
openSUSE (2)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
openSUSE (2)
Published
2026-05-08T17:17:01Z
Modified
2026-10-21T02:59:00Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Crypt::PasswdMD5 versions through 1.42 for Perl generates insecure random values for salts
Details

Crypt::PasswdMD5 versions through 1.42 for Perl generates insecure random values for salts.

The built-in rand function is predictable, and unsuitable for cryptography.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "CPANSec",
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-338"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/6xxx/CVE-2026-6659.json",
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "range":  [
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "1.42"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source":  "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy":  "StandardRange"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "range":  [
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "1.42"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source":  "DESCRIPTION"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/ronsavage/crypt-passwdmd5

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/ronsavage/crypt-passwdmd5
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
a2f821637db0296082297aa4b02254ab08f0dc5e
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "fixed":  "a2f821637db0296082297aa4b02254ab08f0dc5e"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-6659.json"