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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-12 15:41 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-338 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
  • CWE-331 - Insufficient Entropy
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ZEFRAM Data::Entropy Affected: 0 , < 0.008 (custom)
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Credits
Robert Rothenberg (RRWO)
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