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CVE-2025-1805: Crypt::Salt for Perl uses insecure rand() function when generating salts for cryptographic purposes

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-04-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-338

Description

Crypt::Salt for Perl version 0.01 uses insecure rand() function when generating salts for cryptographic purposes.

Affected products

• HACHI Crypt::Salt: 0.01

References

• https://metacpan.org/release/HACHI/Crypt-Salt-0.01/source/lib/Crypt/Salt.pm#L76
• https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/rand
• https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html

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