Security Advisories (1)
CVE-2024-57868 (2025-04-05)

Web::API 2.8 and earlier for Perl uses the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions. Specifically Web::API uses the Data::Random library which specifically states that it is "Useful mostly for test programs". Data::Random uses the rand() function.

Changes for version 1.6

  • Change: b3a874db5665f92a55822409d3e672957725b264 Author: Tobias Kirschstein <lev@ideegeo.com> Date : 2013-12-18 13:28:53 +0000
    • fixed annoying smartmatch warning in 5.18

Modules

Web::API - A Simple base module to implement almost every RESTful API with just a few lines of configuration