What is GHSA-6qqf-vvcr-7qrv?

GHSA-6qqf-vvcr-7qrv is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Cryptographically Weak PRNG in generate-password

Why does GHSA-6qqf-vvcr-7qrv have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

Which products are affected by GHSA-6qqf-vvcr-7qrv?

GHSA-6qqf-vvcr-7qrv affects 1 product, including: npm/generate-password:\u003c 1.4.1.

GHSA-6qqf-vvcr-7qrvMediumDisclosed before NVD

Cryptographically Weak PRNG in generate-password

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 23, 2019

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

Affected versions of generate-password generate random values that are biased towards certain characters depending on the chosen character sets. This may result in guessable passwords.

Recommendation

Update to version 1.4.1 or later.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/generate-password:< 1.4.1

🔗 References (3)

https://github.com/brendanashworth/generate-password/pull/26
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/762
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6qqf-vvcr-7qrv