Is CVE-2026-5088 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-5088 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-5088?

CVE-2026-5088 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-5088?

CVE-2026-5088 has an EPSS score of 0.57% (44th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2026-5088?

Upgrade apache\ to 0.5.3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-5088

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Apache::API::Password versions through 0.5.2 for Perl can generate insecure random values for salts. The _make_salt and _make_salt_bcrypt methods will attept to load Crypt::URandom and then Bytes::Random::Secure to generate random bytes for the salt. If those modules are unavailable, it will simply return 16 bytes generated with Perl's built-in rand function. The rand function is unsuitable for cryptographic use. These salts are used for password hashing.

CWE-338

How to fix

Remediation Available

apache\NVD

Affected:< 0.5.3Fixed in:0.5.3CVE-2026-5088derived from NVD

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.57%probability of exploitation in 30 days

44thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 44% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Release Notes1

metacpan.org

Product3

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2008-0166	High	7.5	71%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-2367	Critical	9.8	23%	-	-
CVE-2024-29868	Critical	9.1	6.0%	-	-
CVE-2024-31497	Medium	5.9	5.8%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-43799	High	8.6	5.4%	-	Fix
CVE-2008-3280	Medium	5.9	4.0%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.