CVE-2026-5088: Jdeguest Apache::api::password

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Jdeguest Apache::api::password: before 0.5.3 (fixed in 0.5.3)

Published 2026-04-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.