{ "document": { "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "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.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP-2025-40920 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2025/cpansa-catalyst-authentication-credential-http-2025-40920.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7616#section-5.12", "url": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7616#section-5.12" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9562#name-security-considerations", "url": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9562#name-security-considerations" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP/pull/1", "url": "https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP/pull/1" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/ETHER/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP-1.018/source/lib/Catalyst/Authentication/Credential/HTTP.pm#L391", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/ETHER/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP-1.018/source/lib/Catalyst/Authentication/Credential/HTTP.pm#L391" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://security.metacpan.org/patches/C/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP/1.018/CVE-2025-40920-r1.patch", "url": "https://security.metacpan.org/patches/C/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP/1.018/CVE-2025-40920-r1.patch" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2025-40920 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40920" } ], "title": "Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2025-08-11T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP-2025-40920", "initial_release_date": "2025-08-11T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2025-08-11T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/<=1.018", "product": { "name": "Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP less than or equal 1.018", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001" } }, { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=1.019", "product": { "name": "Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP greater than or equal 1.019", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002" } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2025-40920", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-338", "name": "Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::HTTP versions 1.018 and earlier for Perl generate nonces using the Perl Data::UUID library.\n * Data::UUID does not use a strong cryptographic source for generating UUIDs.\n * Data::UUID returns v3 UUIDs, which are generated from known information and are unsuitable for security, as per RFC 9562.\n * The nonces should be generated from a strong cryptographic source, as per RFC 7616.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "CSAFPID-0002" ], "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "baseScore": 8.6, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ] } ] }