CVE-2021-3538
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 2, 2021 at 01:22 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:05 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUuidUuid
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954376x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/satori/go.uuid/issues/73x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMSATORIGOUUID-72488CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-338
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