CVE-2024-57868: medium-severity vulnerability in LEV Web::API
Web::API 2.8 and earlier for Perl uses insecure rand() function for cryptographic functions
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.5epss 0.3%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Affected products
LEV · Web::APIReferences
https://metacpan.org/dist/Web-API/source/lib/Web/API.pm#L20https://metacpan.org/dist/Web-API/source/lib/Web/API.pm#L348https://metacpan.org/release/BAREFOOT/Data-Random-0.13/source/lib/Data/Random.pm#L537https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/randhttps://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html