CVE-2021-3538
9.8 CRITICALA flaw was found in github.com/satori/go.uuid in versions from commit 0ef6afb2f6cdd6cdaeee3885a95099c63f18fc8c to d91630c8510268e75203009...
Published: 2021-06-02 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-338
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| satori | uuid |
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.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3538
- [Other]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954376
- [Other]https://github.com/satori/go.uuid/issues/73
- [Other]https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMSATORIGOUUID-72488
- [Other]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954376
- [Other]https://github.com/satori/go.uuid/issues/73
- [Other]https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMSATORIGOUUID-72488
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