What is CVE-2021-3538?

CVE-2021-3538 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Satori Uuid, classified under Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-06-02.

How severe is CVE-2021-3538?

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

Is CVE-2021-3538 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Satori Uuid

CVE-2021-3538

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 pred…

EPSS: 0.023 (81.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Satori Uuid
N/a Satori/go.uuid — versions All satori/go.uuid versions from commit 0ef6afb2f6cdd6cdaeee3885a95099c63f18fc8c to d91630c8510268e75203009fe7daf2b8e1d60c45

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-338 — Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-3538?: CVE-2021-3538 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Satori Uuid, classified under Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-06-02.
How severe is CVE-2021-3538?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-3538 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.