Insecure Randomness Affecting ntop package, versions [0,7.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NTOP-17807946
  • published3 Jul 2026
  • disclosed2 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-38968  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ntop to version 7.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Randomness via the src/HTTPserver.cpp process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to active user sessions by predicting or colliding session cookies through precise control of session creation timing.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1