The Data::Entropy::RawSource::RandomOrg and Data::Entropy::RawSource::RandomnumbersInfo remote sources are accessed over plain HTTP.
The Data::Entropy::RawSource::RandomOrg integrity check trivially matches any non-empty byte string.
Any on-path attacker, such as open WiFi, a compromised ISP, captive portal, or a hostile egress proxy substitutes the response and thereby chooses the bytes returned by rand_bits and rand_int for every application that selected one of these sources via with_entropy_source. The _checkbuf method response is equally attacker-controlled, so the retry/sleep behaviour is steerable too.
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Workaround
Deployments should not use the RandomOrg or RandomnumbersInfo sources, as these are flawed. They have been removed from Data::Entropy 0.010. (There was a change to use HTTPS to connect to these sources in version 0.009 that did not work.) Note that Data::Entropy has been deprecated since version 0.008. Users are advised to migrate to alternative solutions that use system sources of random data, such as Crypt::SysRandom, Crypt::URandom or Crypt::PRNG.
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| Description | Data::Entropy versions before 0.010 for Perl read remote entropy sources over plain HTTP. The Data::Entropy::RawSource::RandomOrg and Data::Entropy::RawSource::RandomnumbersInfo remote sources are accessed over plain HTTP. The Data::Entropy::RawSource::RandomOrg integrity check trivially matches any non-empty byte string. Any on-path attacker, such as open WiFi, a compromised ISP, captive portal, or a hostile egress proxy substitutes the response and thereby chooses the bytes returned by rand_bits and rand_int for every application that selected one of these sources via with_entropy_source. The _checkbuf method response is equally attacker-controlled, so the retry/sleep behaviour is steerable too. | |
| Title | Data::Entropy versions before 0.010 for Perl read remote entropy sources over plain HTTP | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-319 CWE-353 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-03T19:55:35.372Z
Reserved: 2026-07-31T20:31:42.315Z
Link: CVE-2026-18536
Updated: 2026-08-01T15:23:24.896Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-08-01T11:16:38.483
Modified: 2026-08-07T18:52:30.823
Link: CVE-2026-18536
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-04T11:30:07Z