Insecure Randomness Affecting node-uuid Open this link in a new tab package, versions <1.4.4
Attack Complexity
High
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snyk-id
npm:node-uuid:20160328
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published
28 Mar 2016
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disclosed
28 Mar 2016
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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.