High 7.5Published Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2026-41564CryptX versions before 0.088 for Perl do not reseed the Crypt::PK PRNG state after forking

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 5:00 PM ET)

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CryptX versions before 0.088 for Perl do not reseed the Crypt::PK PRNG state after forking. The Crypt::PK::RSA, Crypt::PK::DSA, Crypt::PK::DH, Crypt::PK::ECC, Crypt::PK::Ed25519 and Crypt::PK::X25519 modules seed a per-object PRNG state in their constructors and reuse it without fork detection. A Crypt::PK::* object created before `fork()` shares byte-identical PRNG state with every child process, and any randomized operation they perform can produce identical output, including key generation. Two ECDSA or DSA signatures from different processes are enough to recover the signing private key through nonce-reuse key recovery. This affects preforking services such as the Starman web server, where a Crypt::PK::* object loaded at startup is inherited by every worker process.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-335, CWE-338
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: CPANSec
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Apr 23, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

MIK CryptX mik:cryptx (from the name)	before 0.088	CNA record
dcit cryptx dcit:cryptx	before 0.088	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/DCIT/perl-CryptX/security/advisories/GHSA-24c2-gp6c-24c6	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/DCIT/perl-CryptX/commit/9a1dd3e0c27d68e32450be5538b864c2b115ee15.patch	patch
https://metacpan.org/release/MIK/CryptX-0.088	release-notes, product
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/23/2	mailing-list, third-party-advisory

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