Security Advisories (1)
CVE-2024-58041 (2026-02-23)

Smolder versions through 1.51 for Perl uses insecure rand() function for cryptographic functions. Smolder 1.51 and earlier for Perl uses the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions. Specifically Smolder::DB::Developer uses the Data::Random library which specifically states that it is "Useful mostly for test programs". Data::Random uses the rand() function.

NAME

smolder - Web Smoke Test Aggregator

SYNOPSIS

smolder --conf /path/to/smolder.conf

smolder --daemon 

DESCRIPTION

Run the Smolder server.

OPTIONS

--daemon (-d)

Run the server in the background as a daemon process.

--conf (-c)

Specify a smolder.conf config file. Smolder looks in several places for config files but if you want to put it someplace else then you can.

--help (-h)

Show the help screen.