GHSA-w67g-5rqw-f597MediumDisclosed before NVD

Gorilla WebSocket Uses Cryptographically Weak PRNG for WebSocket Mask Key

Published
August 24, 2026
Last Modified
August 24, 2026

📋 Description

gorilla/websocket used math/rand (cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator) to generate WebSocket frame mask keys prior to commit d67f4185. WebSocket masking keys MUST be unpredictable to prevent frame content injection attacks. math/rand produces deterministic output when seeded with a known value, enabling an attacker to predict or recover mask keys and inject content into WebSocket connections.

Type: Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator Fix: Replaced math/rand with crypto/rand (commit d67f4185, released in v1.5.3) Credit: bounty-hunter v6.0 silent-fix detection

🎯 Affected products1

  • go/github.com/gorilla/websocket:< 1.5.3

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