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medium 4.0

CVE-2025-27551 json

DBIx::Class::EncodedColumn until 0.00032 for Perl uses insecure rand() function for salting password hashes in Digest.pm

published 2025-03-26 19 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-8118

cvss
4.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

DBIx::Class::EncodedColumn use the rand() function, which is not cryptographically secure to salt password hashes.

This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/DBIx/Class/EncodedColumn/Digest.pm.

This issue affects DBIx::Class::EncodedColumn until 0.00032.

Patch / fix

  • WREIS DBIx::Class::EncodedColumn 0.00032
  • libdbix-class-encodedcolumn-perl Debian 14, Debian 13 0.00020-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-27551

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-27551 updated cvss 4.0

DBIx-Class-EncodedColumn: DBIx::Class::EncodedColumn until 0.00032 for Perl uses insecure rand() function for salting password hashes in Digest.pm

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • WREIS DBIx::Class::EncodedColumn

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
  • CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort
  • CWE-331 Insufficient Entropy

References

Sources

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