🛡️ CVE-2024-57868
🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-331 NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
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Description

Web::API 2.8 and earlier for Perl uses the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions. Specifically Web::API uses the Data::Random library which specifically states that it is "Useful mostly for test programs". Data::Random uses the rand() function.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-331
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-04-05
Updated 2026-06-02
Modified 2025-11-13
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
web\ 2.8

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