CVE-2025-40920

High CVSS: 8.6

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.

Vendor

Product

CWE

CWE-338

Yayın Tarihi

2025-08-11 21:15:28

Güncelleme

2026-01-17 21:15:48

Source Identifier

9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e

KEV Date Added

Kategoriler

CWE-338 HIGH 2025

Referanslar

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7616#section-5.12 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9562#name-security-considerations https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP/commit/ad2c03aad95406db4ce35dfb670664ebde004c18 https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP/pull/1 https://metacpan.org/release/ETHER/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP-1.018/source/lib/Catalyst/Authentication/Credential/HTTP.pm#L391 https://security.metacpan.org/patches/C/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP/1.018/CVE-2025-40920-r1.patch http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/12/1