CVE-2025-40920

Impact

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 packages

This record carries no package version data, so it cannot be matched against a dependency list automatically. Read the advisory and compare your version by hand.

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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