VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-3538
Due to insecure randomness in the g.rand.Read function the generated UUIDs are predictable for an attacker.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.31%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in github.com/satori/go.uuid in versions from commit 0ef6afb2f6cdd6cdaeee3885a95099c63f18fc8c to d91630c8510268e75203009fe7daf2b8e1d60c45. Due to insecure randomness in the g.rand.Read function the generated UUIDs are predictable for an attacker.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.31% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-338
- Affected
- satori/uuid
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954376Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/satori/go.uuid/issues/73Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMSATORIGOUUID-72488Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954376Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/satori/go.uuid/issues/73Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMSATORIGOUUID-72488Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.