Insecure Randomness Affecting node-uuid package, versions <1.4.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDnpm:node-uuid:20160328
  • published28 Mar 2016
  • disclosed28 Mar 2016
  • creditFedot Praslov

Introduced: 28 Mar 2016

CVE-2015-8851  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade node-uuid to version 1.4.4 or greater.

Overview

node-uuid is a Simple, fast generation of RFC4122 UUIDS.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Randomness. It uses the cryptographically insecure Math.random which can produce predictable values and should not be used in security-sensitive context.

CVSS Scores

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