High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 11, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-1828
CVE-2025-1828
Description
Crypt::Random Perl package 1.05 through 1.55 may use rand() function, which is not cryptographically strong, for cryptographic functions.
If the Provider is not specified and /dev/urandom or an Entropy Gathering Daemon (egd) service is not available Crypt::Random will default to use the insecure Crypt::Random::rand provider.
In particular, Windows versions of perl will encounter this issue by default.
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Affected products
31.05 - 1.55+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 1.05 - 1.55
- (no CPE)range: 1.05
Patches
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