CVE-2026-57082: Net::BitTorrent 0 to before 2.1.0

CVE-2026-57082. CVSS 3.1 base score 5.9 (MEDIUM, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00234 (percentile 0.14205), scored 25-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

Net::BitTorrent · 0 to before 2.1.0
SANKO

Description’s affected range: versions before 2.1.0 for Perl generate the MSE Diffie-Hellman private key with a non-cryptographic PRNG

Component: Not specified by the source
Function: Net::BitTorrent::Protocol::MSE::_random_pad
File: lib/Net/BitTorrent/Protocol/MSE/KeyExchange.pm, lib/Net/BitTorrent/Protocol/MSE.pm, lib/Net/BitTorrent/Peer.pm

Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 5.9/10) rates confidentiality impact as high; integrity and availability impact as none. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.

Published 25-Oct-2026 21:45 UTC

CWE: CWE-330, CWE-338
CCR priority: 23.7 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 5.9 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N · Source advisory
EPSS: 0.00234 · percentile 0.14205 · 2026-10-25
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-25 21:44:36.062275+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-57082.html