VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-57854

CVSS score9.1 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-03-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

Net::NSCA::Client versions through 0.009002 for Perl uses a poor random number generator. Version v0.003 switched to use Data::Rand::Obscure instead of Crypt::Random for generation of a random initialisation vectors. Data::Rand::Obscure uses Perl's built-in rand() function, which is not suitable for cryptographic functions.

Weakness classification

  • 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e: CWE-338

Primary references