Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) Affecting passeo package, versions [,1.0.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-PASSEO-3160327
  • published7 Dec 2022
  • disclosed6 Dec 2022
  • creditBluenix, Arjun Sharda

Introduced: 6 Dec 2022

CVE-2022-23472  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-338  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade passeo to version 1.0.5 or higher.

Overview

passeo is a library for generating passwords

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) due to implementing the random library which allows attackers to easily guess or brute-force passwords.

Note:

It is recommended to change the passwords generated with Passeo versions lower than the fixed version.

CVSS Scores

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