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ghsa-3fwq-4gv2-9v92

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-09-30 12:30

Modified

2025-09-30 15:30

Severity ?

9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

Crypt::RandomEncryption for Perl version 0.01 uses insecure rand() function during encryption.

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  "id": "GHSA-3fwq-4gv2-9v92",
  "modified": "2025-09-30T15:30:29Z",
  "published": "2025-09-30T12:30:51Z",
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CVE-2024-58040 (GCVE-0-2024-58040)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-09-29 23:54

Modified

2025-09-30 13:37

Severity ?

9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE

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

Summary

Crypt::RandomEncryption for Perl version 0.01 uses insecure rand() function during encryption.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://metacpan.org/release/QWER/Crypt-RandomEncryption-0.01/source/lib/Crypt/RandomEncryption.pm#L33
	https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html	related
	https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/rand	related

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	QWER	Crypt::RandomEncryption	Version: 0.01 <

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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