Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::HTTP versions 1.018 and earlier for Perl use insecurely generated nonces

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    "title": "Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::HTTP versions 1.018 and earlier for Perl use insecurely generated nonces",
    "summary": "Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::HTTP versions 1.018 and earlier for Perl generate nonces using the Perl Data::UUID library. * Data::UUID does not use a strong cryptographic source for generating UUIDs. * Data::UUID returns v3 UUIDs, which are generated from known information and are unsuitable for security, as per RFC 9562. * The nonces should be generated from a strong cryptographic source, as per RFC 7616.",
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        "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7616#section-5.12",
        "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9562#name-security-considerations",
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