CVE-2018-25107

High

Published: 29 December 2024

Published

29 December 2024

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0022 45.1th percentile

Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2018-25107 is a high-severity PRNG (CWE-338) vulnerability in Metacpan (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 45.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The Crypt::Random::Source package before 0.13 for Perl has a fallback to the built-in rand() function, which is not a secure source of random bits.

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Metacpan

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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-338

Security associations share details on cryptographically weak PRNGs, helping avoid their implementation in security-critical functions.

addresses: CWE-338

Cryptographic key management standards require cryptographically strong PRNGs for key material, blocking use of weak generators.