Insecure Randomness Affecting org.webjars.npm:crypto-js package, versions [,4.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-548475
  • published11 Feb 2020
  • disclosed11 Feb 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-36732  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-331  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.webjars.npm:crypto-js to version 4.0.0 or higher.

Overview

org.webjars.npm:crypto-js is a library of crypto standards.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Randomness. The secureRandom() method is supposed to return a cryptographically strong pseudo-random data string, but it is biased to certain digits. An attacker could be able to guess the created digits.

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