Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2025-1860 as tracked by Debian, for the package libdata-entropy-perl. The fix is available in version 0.008-1; earlier versions remain affected.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.
CVSS metrics in full
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
- Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
- Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
- User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
- Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
- Availability impact: None.
Weakness class
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1860 is classified as CWE-331: Insufficient Entropy. A generator is seeded with too little randomness, narrowing the range of outputs an attacker must search.
Affected software
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1860 is recorded against 1 package.
- libdata-entropy-perl (fixed in 0.008-1)
Timeline and source
Published on 28 March 2025 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)
Other advisories for this package
libdata-entropy-perl has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Same weakness in other software
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-331: Insufficient Entropy) in other software:
