Insecure Randomness Affecting node-uuid package, versions <1.4.4
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.25% (65th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID npm:node-uuid:20160328
- published 28 Mar 2016
- disclosed 28 Mar 2016
- credit Fedot Praslov
Introduced: 28 Mar 2016
CVE-2015-8851 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.