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CVE-2025-40920

HIGH CVSS: 8.6 Published: 2025-08-11 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-338, CWE-340

References