CVE-2026-5088 PUBLISHED

Apache::API::Password versions through v0.5.2 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.

Install Crypt::URandom.

Upgrade to version v0.5.3 or later, and install Crypt::URandom.

• https://metacpan.org/release/JDEGUEST/Apache2-API-v0.5.3/changes
• https://metacpan.org/release/JDEGUEST/Apache2-API-v0.5.2/view/lib/Apache2/API/Password.pod
• https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html
• https://metacpan.org/pod/Crypt::URandom

• CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator CWE