CVE-2025-40905 (GCVE-0-2025-40905)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-12 23:39 – Updated: 2026-02-13 19:16
VLAI?
Title
WWW::OAuth 1.000 and earlier for Perl uses insecure rand() function for cryptographic functions
Summary
WWW::OAuth 1.000 and earlier for Perl uses the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-338 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
DBOOK WWW::OAuth Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.000 (custom)
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Credits
Robert Rothenberg (RRWO)
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