What is GHSA-vhqp-3rvr-75rx?

GHSA-vhqp-3rvr-75rx is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Crypt::Password versions through 0.28 for Perl generate insecure random values for salts. These...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-vhqp-3rvr-75rx cover?

GHSA-vhqp-3rvr-75rx covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16235. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-vhqp-3rvr-75rx?

GHSA-vhqp-3rvr-75rx has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-vhqp-3rvr-75rxCriticalCVSS 9.8

Crypt::Password versions through 0.28 for Perl generate insecure random values for salts. These...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 20, 2026

Last Modified

July 20, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16235 →

📋 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.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16235
https://metacpan.org/release/DRSTEVE/Crypt-Password-0.28/source/lib/Crypt/Password.pm#L306-309
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vhqp-3rvr-75rx