Use of Weak Hash Affecting github.com/beego/beego/v2/core/utils package, versions <2.2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMBEEGOBEEGOV2COREUTILS-7577988
  • published 2 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 31 Jul 2024
  • credit Yuexi Zhang

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/beego/beego/v2/core/utils to version 2.2.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Weak Hash via the getCacheFileName function in the file.go file. An attacker can escalate privileges by manipulating the cache file name generation process.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.7 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    High
  • Integrity (VI)
    High
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None