What is CVE-2019-10908?

CVE-2019-10908 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Airsonic Project, classified under Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2019-10908?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Airsonic Project

CVE-2019-10908

In Airsonic 10.2.1, RecoverController.java generates passwords via org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils, which uses java.util.Random internally. This PRNG has a 48-bit seed that can easily be bruteforced, leading to trivial privilege escalation attacks.

Published 2019-04-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Airsonic Project — versions 10.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-335 — Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

References

github.com/airsonic/airsonic/commit/61c842923a6d60d4aedd126445a8437b53b752c8 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10908?: CVE-2019-10908 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Airsonic Project, classified under Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2019-10908?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.