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CVE-2024-57868

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.

Published

2025-04-05T16:15:33.180

Last Modified

2025-11-13T14:38:28.427

Status

Analyzed

Source

9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-331
CWE-338
Type: Primary
CWE-338

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	lev	web\	≤ 2.8	Yes

References

https://metacpan.org/dist/Web-API/source/lib/Web/API.pm#L20 Product (9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e)
https://metacpan.org/dist/Web-API/source/lib/Web/API.pm#L348 Product (9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e)
https://metacpan.org/release/BAREFOOT/Data-Random-0.13/source/lib/Data/Random.pm#L537 Product (9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e)
https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/rand Product (9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e)
https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html Product (9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e)