1. CVE-2026-6659: Crypt::PasswdMD5 Perl Module Generates Predictable Salt Values, Undermining Password Security
A high-severity vulnerability has been disclosed in Crypt::PasswdMD5, a widely used Perl module for password hashing. Rated 7.5 on the CVSS scale, CVE-2026-6659 reveals that versions through 1.42 generate insecure random values for password salts, fundamentally compromising the cryptographic strength of hashed password...