CVE-2024-58040 is a critical vulnerability affecting Crypt::RandomEncryption for Perl version 0.01, stemming from its use of the insecure rand() function for encryption. This flaw allows for high impact to confidentiality and integrity due to its easily exploitable network attack vector with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code, and it is not on the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential future interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qwer:crypt\:\:randomencryption:0.01:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.