What is CVE-2026-41564?

CVE-2026-41564 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dcit Cryptx, classified under Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2026-41564?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dcit Cryptx

CVE-2026-41564

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 i…

EPSS: 0.000 (3.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Dcit Cryptx
Mik Cryptx — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (Patch, patch)
9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (release-notes, Product)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-41564?: CVE-2026-41564 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dcit Cryptx, classified under Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-41564?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.