Insufficient randomness in github.com/Masterminds/goutils
CVE-2021-4238

9.1CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Github.com/masterminds/goutils

Status
Github.com/masterminds/goutils
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 December 2022

What is CVE-2021-4238?

Randomly-generated alphanumeric strings contain significantly less entropy than expected. The RandomAlphaNumeric and CryptoRandomAlphaNumeric functions always return strings containing at least one digit from 0 to 9. This significantly reduces the amount of entropy in short strings generated by these functions.

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Affected Version(s)

github.com/Masterminds/goutils 0 < 1.1.1

References

https://github.com/Masterminds/goutils/commit/869801f20f9...
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0411

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.1
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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