CVE-2026-8647Disclosure

LOWCVSS 4.8 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Other references

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-338

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

Technical details provided in 1 signal
Disclosure: 1 classified signal
1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d

Signal classification1 categories

Disclosure

1100.0%

Referenced assets2 URLs

By indicator

Full discourse1 post

Open Source Security mailing list@oss_security137d
Disclosure
Perl CPAN CVE-2026-46740: Mojolicious::Plugin::Statsd through 0.04 allowed metric injections https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/26/7 CVE-2026-8647: Crypt::ScryptKDF through 0.010 uses insecure random number source when no CSPRNG module is available https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/26/8
Post summary
The post announces two new CVEs, providing specific technical details but no PoC, exploit, or patch information.
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