CVE-2026-8647

4.8 MEDIUM

Crypt::ScryptKDF versions through 0.010 for Perl uses insecure random number source when no CSPRNG module is available

Published: 2026-05-26 · Last updated: 2026-05-28

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 4.8 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE: CWE-338

Description

Crypt::ScryptKDF versions through 0.010 for Perl uses insecure random number source when no CSPRNG module is available. The random_bytes function fell back to using the built-in rand() function when none of the Perl modules Crypt::PRNG, Crypt::OpenSSL::Random, Net::SSLeay, Crypt::Random, or Bytes::Random::Secure were available.

Source: NVD

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