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CVE•Published 2026-05-08•Modified 2026-05-26•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-6659

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
7.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-338Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
Description

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.

Timeline
Published 2026-05-08
Modified 2026-05-26

External references

NVDMITREExploit-DBGitHub PoCSploitusVulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-6659
Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-6659
Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-6659
Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-6659
Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-6659
GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-6659" exploit -site:nvd.nist.gov
Write-ups and news, NVD excluded.

Known PoCs on GitHub

No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-6659 on GitHub.
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