Vulnerability · Published Jun 2, 2021 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2021-3538

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in satori/go.uuid. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.3% (higher than 83% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.3%top 16.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Gogithub.com/satori/go.uuid1.2.1-0.20180404165556-75cca531ea76GHSA-33m6-q9v5-62r7
Gogithub.com/satori/go.uuid1.2.1-0.20180404165556-75cca531ea76GO-2022-0244

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a satori/go.uuid All satori/go.uuid versions from commit 0ef6afb2f6cdd6cdaeee3885a95099c63f18fc8c to d91630c8510268e75203009fe7daf2b8e1d60c45

Weakness: CWE-338

References