Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 16.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.8
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