Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 10, 2025· Updated Sep 9, 2025
Perl's Crypt::Random module after 1.05 and before 1.56 may use rand() function for cryptographic functions
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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2- Range: >=1.05 <=1.55
- Range: 1.05
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