CVE detail
CVE-2025-1828
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.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.
Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 10.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 0
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 0
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
3 source links · newest first
- https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/randperldoc.perl.org
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Patchperldoc.perl.orgMar 11, 2025, 12:15 AM No excerpt available.
Exploitgithub.comMar 11, 2025, 12:15 AM- https://github.com/perl-Crypt-OpenPGP/Crypt-Random/commit/1f8b29e9e89d8d083fd025152e76ec918136cc05github.com
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Exploitgithub.comMar 11, 2025, 12:15 AM
Exploit code
Public exploit repository references
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