ghsa-gfj4-2p4p-m25j
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-04-07 15:31
Modified
2025-04-07 21:32
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
Details
Web::API 2.8 and earlier for Perl uses the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions.
Specifically Web::API uses the Data::Random library which specifically states that it is "Useful mostly for test programs". Data::Random uses the rand() function.
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