Medium severity4.0OSV Advisory· Published Apr 13, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2025-2814
CVE-2025-2814
Description
Crypt::CBC versions between 1.21 and 3.05 for Perl may use the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions.
This issue affects operating systems where "/dev/urandom'" is unavailable. In that case, Crypt::CBC will fallback to use the insecure rand() function.
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: >=1.21 <=3.05
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