Riskcovery

CVE-2025-1828

Perl's Crypt::Random module after 1.05 and before 1.56 may use rand() function for cryptographic functions

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Mar 10, 2025
Updated
Sep 9, 2025
Reserved
Mar 1, 2025

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Description

Crypt::Random Perl package 1.05 through 1.55 may use rand() function, which is not cryptographically strong, for cryptographic functions.

If the Provider is not specified and /dev/urandom or an Entropy Gathering Daemon (egd) service is not available Crypt::Random will default to use the insecure Crypt::Random::rand provider.

In particular, Windows versions of perl will encounter this issue by default.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
  • CWE-331 Insufficient Entropy

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Crypt::Randomperl
  • 1.05 to before 1.56Affected

References

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