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Fedora 44 Perl-Crypt-Argon2 Important Security Fix CVE-2026-8463

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Calendar Grey June 5, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Update for Perl-Crypt-Argon2 in Fedora 44 fixes critical security flaw related to password storage. Install now!
Update to 0.031 #2477035 #2481131 fixes CVE-2026-8463

Summary

This module implements the Argon2 key derivation function, which is

suitable to convert any password into a cryptographic key. This is most

often used to for secure storage of passwords but can also be used to

derive a encryption key from a password. It offers variable time and memory

costs as well as output size.

Update Information:

Update to 0.031 #2477035 #2481131 fixes CVE-2026-8463

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora remote access important password storage cryptographic key

Change Log

* Tue May 26 2026 Charles R. Anderson - 0.031-1 - Update to 0.031 #2477035 #2481131 fixes CVE-2026-8463

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-dafdad8fd3 2026-06-05 04:25:00.358941+00:00 Name : perl-Crypt-Argon2 Product : Fedora 44 Version : 0.031 Release : 1.fc44 URL : https://metacpan.org/release/Crypt-Argon2 Summary : Perl interface to the Argon2 key derivation functions Description : This module implements the Argon2 key derivation function, which is suitable to convert any password into a cryptographic key. This is most often used to for secure storage of passwords but can also be used to derive a encryption key from a password. It offers variable time and memory costs as well as output size.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-dafdad8fd3' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: perl-Crypt-Argon2
Product: Fedora 44
Version: 0.031
Release: 1.fc44
URL: https://metacpan.org/release/Crypt-Argon2
Summary: Perl interface to the Argon2 key derivation functions

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora remote access important password storage cryptographic key

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