PT-2026-34646 · Mik · Cryptx

Published 2026-04-23 · Updated 2026-04-23 · CVE-2026-41564

Mitre

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-338

CWE-335

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-41564

Affected Products

Cryptx

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/DCIT/perl-CryptX/security/advisories/GHSA-24c2-gp6c-24c6 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41564 · Security Note
• https://github.com/DCIT/perl-CryptX/commit/9a1dd3e0c27d68e32450be5538b864c2b115ee15.patch · Patch
• https://metacpan.org/release/MIK/CryptX-0.088 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/23/2 · Note