CVE-2026-16235
Essential information
- Published
- 20/07/2026 09:16
- Modified
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- Author
- The MITRE Corporation
- Creator
- The MITRE Corporation
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1)
- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
- CWE-338
- EPSS (First)
- P3.7% EPSS percentile: rank of this vulnerability versus all others. Higher percentile = more likely to be exploited. Learn more (score 0.00139)
- CVSS vector
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H—
CVSS metrics
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- Attack vector
- NETWORK
- Attack complexity
- LOW
- Privileges required
- NONE
- User interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact
- HIGH
- Integrity impact
- HIGH
- Availability impact
- HIGH
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Description
Crypt::Password versions through 0.28 for Perl generate insecure random values for salts.
These versions use the built-in rand function, which is predictable and unsuitable for cryptography.
NVD status
- NVD
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