Bug 2479575

Summary: CVE-2026-6659 perl: Crypt::PasswdMD5: Weak cryptographic salts due to predictable random number generation [fedora-all]
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Vipul Nair <vinair>
Component: perlAssignee: Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: rawhideCC: jplesnik, mspacek, perl-devel, ppisar, psabata, spotrh
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Hardware: Unspecified   
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["59848420-d6d7-4abf-a839-301f9aa2ca93"]}
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Description Vipul Nair 2026-05-18 14:21:03 UTC
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-05-23 12:18:08 UTC
FEDORA-2026-5f1dfcb5c8 (perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.4.3-1.fc45) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 45.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-5f1dfcb5c8

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-05-23 12:20:24 UTC
FEDORA-2026-5f1dfcb5c8 (perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.4.3-1.fc45) has been pushed to the Fedora 45 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-05-23 13:33:49 UTC
FEDORA-2026-30d86fe986 (perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.4.3-1.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-30d86fe986

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-05-23 13:33:49 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-cabae86b4e (perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.4.3-1.el8) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 8.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-cabae86b4e

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2026-05-23 13:33:50 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-aeb533f7cc (perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.4.3-1.el10_3) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 10.3.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-aeb533f7cc

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2026-05-23 13:33:50 UTC
FEDORA-2026-96c8ae7dbe (perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.4.3-1.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-96c8ae7dbe

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2026-05-23 13:33:51 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-b7aa3a90db (perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.4.3-1.el10_2) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 10.2.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-b7aa3a90db

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2026-05-24 01:16:45 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-aeb533f7cc has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 10.3 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-aeb533f7cc

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2026-05-24 01:22:32 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-cabae86b4e has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-cabae86b4e

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2026-05-24 01:28:07 UTC
FEDORA-2026-30d86fe986 has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-30d86fe986`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-30d86fe986

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2026-05-24 01:33:50 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-b7aa3a90db has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 10.2 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-b7aa3a90db

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2026-05-24 01:34:30 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-44e2e43519 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 9 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-44e2e43519

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2026-05-24 01:55:50 UTC
FEDORA-2026-96c8ae7dbe has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-96c8ae7dbe`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-96c8ae7dbe

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2026-06-01 00:25:56 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-aeb533f7cc (perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.4.3-1.el10_3) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 10.3 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2026-06-01 00:38:38 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-cabae86b4e (perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.4.3-1.el8) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 16 Fedora Update System 2026-06-01 00:48:58 UTC
FEDORA-2026-30d86fe986 (perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.4.3-1.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 17 Fedora Update System 2026-06-01 00:50:58 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-44e2e43519 (perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.4.3-1.el9) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 9 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 18 Fedora Update System 2026-06-01 01:01:06 UTC
FEDORA-2026-96c8ae7dbe (perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.4.3-1.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 19 Fedora Update System 2026-06-01 01:02:31 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-b7aa3a90db (perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5-1.4.3-1.el10_2) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 10.2 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.