Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-56830

Medium

Published: 02 January 2025

Published
02 January 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0023 46.0th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-56830 is a medium-severity PRNG (CWE-338) vulnerability in Metacpan (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 46.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Net::EasyTCP package 0.15 through 0.26 for Perl uses Perl's builtin rand() if no strong randomization module is present.

CWE(s)
CWE-338

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

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

Mitigating Controls

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.

AT-5 Contacts with Security Groups and Associations
addresses: CWE-338

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

SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management
addresses: CWE-338

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

References