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CVE-2006-0898

LOW · CVSS 2.6 EPSS 1.40%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-02-25 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.6. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2006-0898
Severity
LOW
CVSS
2.6
EPSS
1.40%

Original NVD Description

Crypt::CBC Perl module 2.16 and earlier, when running in RandomIV mode, uses an initialization vector (IV) of 8 bytes, which results in weaker encryption when used with a cipher that requires a larger block size than 8 bytes, such as Rijndael.