# CVE-2025-27551: DBIx::Class::EncodedColumn until 0.00032 for Perl uses insecure rand() function for salting password hashes in Digest.pm

- Severity: CVSS 4.0 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.00032
- Published: 2025-03-26 · Updated: 2025-09-05

## Affected

- DBIx-Class-EncodedColumn: fixed in 0.00032

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on DBIx-Class-EncodedColumn, upgrade to a fixed version (0.00032) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html
- https://metacpan.org/release/WREIS/DBIx-Class-EncodedColumn-0.00032/changes

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