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high 7.5

CVE-2026-2474 json

Crypt::URandom versions from 0.41 before 0.55 for Perl is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in the XS function crypt_urandom_getrandom()

published 2026-02-16 8 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-7825

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Crypt::URandom versions from 0.41 before 0.55 for Perl is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in the XS function crypt_urandom_getrandom().

The function does not validate that the length parameter is non-negative. If a negative value (e.g. -1) is supplied, the expression length + 1u causes an integer wraparound, resulting in a zero-byte allocation. The subsequent call to getrandom(data, length, GRND_NONBLOCK) passes the original negative value, which is implicitly converted to a large unsigned value (typically SIZE_MAX). This can result in writes beyond the allocated buffer, leading to heap memory corruption and application crash (denial of service).

In common usage, the length argument is typically hardcoded by the caller, which reduces the likelihood of attacker-controlled exploitation. Applications that pass untrusted input to this parameter may be affected.

Patch / fix

  • DDICK Crypt::URandom 0.55
  • libcrypt-urandom-perl Debian 13 0.54-1+deb13u1
  • libcrypt-urandom-perl Debian 14 0.55-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-2474

  • perl-Crypt-URandom SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 0.550.0-1.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:1170-1

  • perl-Crypt-URandom openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.550.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:10414-1

  • perl-crypt-urandom Alpine 3.24 0.55-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-2474

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-2474 updated cvss 4.4

crypt-urandom: Crypt::URandom for Perl is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in the XS function crypt_urandom_getrandom()

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
8 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • DDICK Crypt::URandom

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input

References

Sources

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