What is CVE-2025-1828?

CVE-2025-1828 is a high-severity vulnerability in Perl Crypt::random, classified under Insufficient Entropy. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-1828?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Perl Crypt::random

CVE-2025-1828

Crypt::Random Perl package 1.05 through 1.55 may use rand() function, which is not cryptographically strong, for cryptographic functions. If the Provider is not specified and /dev/urandom or an Entropy Gathering Daemon (egd) service is not available Crypt::Random will default to use the insecure Crypt::Random::rand provider. In particular, Windows versions of perl will encounter this issue by default.

Published 2025-03-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (Patch)
9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (Patch, Issue Tracking)
9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-1828?: CVE-2025-1828 is a high-severity vulnerability in Perl Crypt::random, classified under Insufficient Entropy. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-1828?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.