Fedora 43 perl-CryptX Urgent Vulnerability Patch CVE-2026-41564
fedora
May 2, 2026
0.088 2026-04-23 - Crypt::KeyDerivation - new functions: pbkdf1_openssl, bcrypt_pbkdf, scrypt_pbkdf, argon2_pbkdf - Crypt::Misc - new functions: random_v7uuid, is_uuid - bundled...
Summary
This Perl library provides a cryptography based on LibTomCrypt library.
Update Information:
0.088 2026-04-23 - Crypt::KeyDerivation - new functions: pbkdf1_openssl, bcrypt_pbkdf, scrypt_pbkdf, argon2_pbkdf - Crypt::Misc - new functions: random_v7uuid, is_uuid - bundled libtomcrypt update branch:develop (commit: 2e441a17 2026-04-15) - bundled libtommath update branch:develop (commit: ae40a87 2026-04-20) - security fix CVE-2026-41564 https://github.com/DCIT/perl- CryptX/security/advisories/GHSA-24c2-gp6c-24c6
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Thu Apr 23 2026 Xavier Bachelot
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2461085 - CVE-2026-41564 perl-CryptX: CryptX: Private key recovery due to predictable pseudo-random number generation after forking [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461085
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-3e1f671a17' 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-CryptX
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 0.088
Release: 2.fc43
Summary: Cryptographic toolkit
Topics Covered
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