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GHSA-rq8g-5pc5-wrhr

CriticalCVSS 9.8 / 10
Published Sep 11, 2018·Last modified Nov 8, 2023
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Versions of cryptiles prior to 4.1.2 are vulnerable to Insufficient Entropy. The randomDigits() method does not provide sufficient entropy and its generates digits that are not evenly distributed.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 4.1.2. The package is deprecated and has been moved to @hapi/cryptiles and it is strongly recommended to use the maintained package.

Risk Scores
Base Score
9.8

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
9.0

Active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. Immediate patching or mitigation is required.

EPSS
1.68%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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