Bug 2514598 - CVE-2026-18536 perl-Data-Entropy: Data-Entropy: Predictable random numbers due to unencrypted remote entropy sources [epel-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-18536 perl-Data-Entropy: Data-Entropy: Predictable random numbers du...
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Status: NEW
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Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: perl-Data-Entropy
Version: epel10
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Emmanuel Seyman
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: CVE-2026-18536
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Reported: 2026-08-12 13:27 UTC by Samuele Negrini
Modified: 2026-08-12 13:27 UTC (History)
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Description Samuele Negrini 2026-08-12 13:27:30 UTC
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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.


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