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Insecure Randomness Affecting org.webjars.npm:crypto-js package, versions [,4.0.0)

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.06% (22nd percentile)
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NVD
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-548475
  • published 11 Feb 2020
  • disclosed 11 Feb 2020
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 11 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-36732 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-331 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade org.webjars.npm:crypto-js to version 4.0.0 or higher.

Overview

org.webjars.npm:crypto-js is a library of crypto standards.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Randomness. The secureRandom() method is supposed to return a cryptographically strong pseudo-random data string, but it is biased to certain digits. An attacker could be able to guess the created digits.