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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.\n\nIn particular, Windows versions of perl will encounter this issue by default.","status":"published","published":"2025-03-11T00:31:49Z","modified":"2025-09-05T15:32:16Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-331","CWE-338"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:03:30.514996Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"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.\n\nIf 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.\n\nIn particular, Windows versions of perl will encounter this issue by default.","status":"published","published":"2025-03-11T00:15:11.06Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:39:50.943Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-331","CWE-338"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:10:53.101324Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2025-1828","title":"Perl's Crypt::Random module after 1.05 and before 1.56 may use rand() function for cryptographic functions","description":"Crypt::Random Perl package 1.05 through 1.55 may use rand() function, which is not cryptographically strong, for cryptographic functions.\n\nIf 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.\n\nIn particular, Windows versions of perl will encounter this issue by default.","status":"published","published":"2025-03-10T23:51:33.279Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:41.22171749Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-331","CWE-338"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:46.665428Z"}]}}