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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-25107

The Crypt::Random::Source package before 0.13 for Perl has a fallback to the built-in rand() function, which is not a secure source of random bits.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:30 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-25107

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Dec 2024, 07:15 UTC

The Crypt::Random::Source package before 0.13 for Perl has a fallback to the built-in rand() function, which is not a secure source of random bits.

osv:CVE-2018-25107
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:26.203690553Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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  "document_id": 381712,
  "published_at": "2024-12-29T07:15:05.287+00:00"
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