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From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: libcrypt-passwdmd5-perl: CVE-2026-6659
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Date: Sat, 09 May 2026 14:42:09 +0200
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Source: libcrypt-passwdmd5-perl
Version: 1.42-2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil@debian.org, Debian Security Team <team@security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libcrypt-passwdmd5-perl.

The CVE primarlly I guess will server for documentation. No patch
exist to make it securely generating random values for the salts and
to move away from rand().

CVE-2026-6659[0]:
| Crypt::PasswdMD5 versions through 1.42 for Perl generates insecure
| random values for salts.  The built-in rand function is predictable,
| and unsuitable for cryptography.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-6659
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6659
[1] https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/39857355/

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore
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