CPANSA-Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP-2025-40920: Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP vulnerability
| Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
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| Initial release date | 2025-08-11T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26 |
| Current release date | 2025-08-11T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
| Current version | 1 | Status | final |
| CVSS v3.1 Base Score | 8.6 | Severity | |
| Original language | Language | en | |
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Vulnerability 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.
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-40920
Vulnerability DescriptionCatalyst::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.
| Weakness | CWE-338 : Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) |
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Product status
Known affected
| Product | Score | ||||||||
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| Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP less than or equal 1.018 |
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Fixed
- Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP greater than or equal 1.019
giterlizzi
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gdt@cpan.org
References
- CPANSA-Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP-2025-40920 JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2025/cpansa-catalyst-authentication-credential-http-2025-40920.json - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7616#section-5.12 external
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7616#section-5.12 - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9562#name-security-considerations external
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9562#name-security-considerations - https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP/pull/1 external
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 external
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 external
https://security.metacpan.org/patches/C/Catalyst-Authentication-Credential-HTTP/1.018/CVE-2025-40920-r1.patch - CVE-2025-40920 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40920
Revision history
| Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 2025 | First release |
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