Medium severity4.8NVD Advisory· Published May 26, 2026· Updated May 28, 2026
CVE-2026-8647
CVE-2026-8647
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <=0.010
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