CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-57854
9.1 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-03-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-338
Description
Net::NSCA::Client versions through 0.009002 for Perl uses a poor random number generator.
Version v0.003 switched to use Data::Rand::Obscure instead of Crypt::Random for generation of a random initialisation vectors.
Data::Rand::Obscure uses Perl's built-in rand() function, which is not suitable for cryptographic functions.
Affected configurations
• dougdude net\ \ (<= 0.009002)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) weakness
References
- https://metacpan.org/release/DOUGDUDE/Net-NSCA-Client-0.009002/source/lib/Net/NSCA/Client/InitialPacket.pm#L119 Issue Tracking, Product
- https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/dougwilson/perl5-net-nsca-client/pull/2.patch Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/05/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory