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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HIGH

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

Published Dec 29, 2024

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.42%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.42% 0.00422

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00422

Score over time

2024–2026

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 3, 2026	0.42% (0.00422)	34.29th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.41% (0.00407)	32.17th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00052)	13.17th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 30, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	10.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-338

References (2)

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/karenetheridge/Crypt-Random-Source/pull/3
https://metacpan.org/release/ETHER/Crypt-Random-Source-0.13/changes

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 29, 2024

Updated Dec 31, 2024

Reserved Dec 29, 2024

Link CVE-2018-25107

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Dec 31, 2024

NVD

Status Deferred

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2018-25107

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2018-25107