CVE-2025-1805 Crypt::Salt for Perl uses insecure rand() function when generating salts for cryptographic purposes
Medium 5.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-1805 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-1805 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HACHI Crypt::Salt, published on 2 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1805 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: HACHI Crypt::Salt. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1805/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1805/index.md)
The Perl Crypt::Salt library uses an insecure random number generator for cryptographic salts, potentially weakening security guarantees.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-1805?
CVE-2025-1805 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HACHI Crypt::Salt, published on 2 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Crypt::Salt for Perl version 0.01 uses insecure rand() function when generating salts for cryptographic purposes.
Weakness: CWE-338
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1805?
How do I fix CVE-2025-1805?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1805 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-1805 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1805 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cc4w-4629-8rc3.