CVE-2002-20002 — The Net::EasyTCP package before 0.15 for Perl always uses Perl's builtin rand(), which is not a strong random number generator, for cryptographic keys

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The Net::EasyTCP package before 0.15 for Perl always uses Perl's builtin rand(), which is not a strong random number generator, for cryptographic keys

Published Jan 2, 2025

5.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.30%

Description

The Net::EasyTCP package before 0.15 for Perl always uses Perl's builtin rand(), which is not a strong random number generator, for cryptographic keys.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.30% 0.00305

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00305

Score over time

2025–2026

EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (4 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.30% (0.00305)	21.04th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.29% (0.00294)	20.86th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00050)	12.60th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Jan 2, 2025	0.04% (0.00045)	17.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-338

References (3)

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/briandfoy/cpan-security-advisory/issues/184
https://metacpan.org/release/MNAGUIB/EasyTCP-0.15/view/EasyTCP.pm
https://metacpan.org/release/MNAGUIB/EasyTCP-0.26/changes

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 2, 2025

Updated Jan 6, 2025

Reserved Jan 2, 2025

Link CVE-2002-20002

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Jan 6, 2025

NVD

Status Deferred

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-20002

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-20002