CVE-2025-15604 PUBLISHED

Amon2 versions before 6.17 for Perl use an insecure random_string implementation for security functions

Assigner: CPANSec
Reserved: 08.03.2026 Published: 28.03.2026 Updated: 28.03.2026

Amon2 versions before 6.17 for Perl use an insecure random_string implementation for security functions.

In versions 6.06 through 6.16, the random_string function will attempt to read bytes from the /dev/urandom device, but if that is unavailable then it generates bytes by concatenating a SHA-1 hash seeded with the built-in rand() function, the PID, and the high resolution epoch time. The PID will come from a small set of numbers, and the epoch time may be guessed, if it is not leaked from the HTTP Date header. The built-in rand function is unsuitable for cryptographic usage.

Before version 6.06, there was no fallback when /dev/urandom was not available.

Before version 6.04, the random_string function used the built-in rand() function to generate a mixed-case alphanumeric string.

This function may be used for generating session ids, generating secrets for signing or encrypting cookie session data and generating tokens used for Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection.

Product Status

Vendor TOKUHIROM
Product Amon2
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 6.17 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to Amon2 version 6.17 or later.

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-340 Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers CWE
  • CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-62 Cross Site Request Forgery
  • CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass
  • CAPEC-586 Object Injection