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Insecure Randomness Affecting node-uuid package, versions [,1.4.4)

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-NODEUUID-60198
  • published 28 Mar 2016
  • disclosed 28 Mar 2016
  • credit Fedot Praslov
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Introduced: 28 Mar 2016

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-330 Open this link in a new tab

How 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.