CVE-2025-1860

Published: Mar 28, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

7.7

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 2.5 / Impact: 5.2

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-331

Insufficient Entropy

The product uses an algorithm or scheme that produces insufficient entropy, leaving patterns or clusters of values that are more likely to occur than others.

CWE-338

Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

The product uses a Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in a security context, but the PRNG's algorithm is not cryptographically strong.

References (3)

https://metacpan.org/release/ZEFRAM/Data-Entropy-0.007/source/lib/Data/Entropy.pm#L80

Source: 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e

https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/rand

Source: 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00026.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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