Insecure Randomness Affecting node-uuid Open this link in a new tab package, versions [,1.4.4)
Attack Complexity
High
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snyk-id
SNYK-DOTNET-NODEUUID-60198
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published
28 Mar 2016
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disclosed
28 Mar 2016
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credit
Fedot Praslov
Introduced: 28 Mar 2016
CWE-330 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade to version 1.4.4 or greater.
Overview
A bug in node-uuid
prior to 1.4.4 caused it to use the cryptographically insecure Math.random
which can produce predictable values and should not be used in security-sensitive context.