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CVE-2025-1860 (GCVE-0-2025-1860)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-28 00:56 – Updated: 2025-09-05 13:20
VLAI?
Title
Data::Entropy for Perl uses insecure rand() function for cryptographic functions
Summary
Data::Entropy for Perl 0.007 and earlier use the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions.
Severity ?
7.7 (High)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZEFRAM | Data::Entropy |
Affected:
0 , < 0.008
(custom)
|
Credits
Robert Rothenberg (RRWO)
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