CVE-2025-40920: high-severity vulnerability in ETHER Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::HTTP
Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::HTTP versions 1.018 and earlier for Perl use insecurely generated nonces
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.6epss 0.5%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Affected products
ETHER · Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::HTTPReferences
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7616#section-5.12https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9562#name-security-considerationshttps://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP/commit/ad2c03aad95406db4ce35dfb670664ebde004c18https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP/pull/1https://metacpan.org/release/ETHER/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP-1.018/source/lib/Catalyst/Authentication/Credential/HTTP.pm#L391https://security.metacpan.org/patches/C/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP/1.018/CVE-2025-40920-r1.patchhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/12/1