CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-40905
7.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-02-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-338
Description
WWW::OAuth 1.000 and earlier for Perl uses the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions.
Affected configurations
• dbook www\ \ (<= 1.000)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) weakness
References
- https://metacpan.org/release/DBOOK/WWW-OAuth-1.000/source/lib/WWW/OAuth.pm#L86 Issue Tracking, Product
- https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/rand Third Party Advisory
- https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/13/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory