CVSS 3.1
7.5 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2019-25061
High (7.5) in random password generator project random password generator. EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The random_password_generator (aka RandomPasswordGenerator) gem through 1.0.0 for Ruby uses Kernel#rand to generate passwords, which, due to its cyclic nature, can facilitate password prediction.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 79% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-335
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- random_password_generator_project:random_password_generator
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-ggfx-h9xj-5v9c | RubyGems | random_password_generator | <=1.0.0 | no fix published |
References
- https://github.com/bvsatyaram/random_password_generator/blob/2855e8d7d8803dbb580ddd6cf13846394eb4530e/lib/random_password_generator.rb#L23
- https://github.com/bvsatyaram/random_password_generator/pull/1
- https://ruby-doc.org/core-3.1.2/Random.html
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42170239/security-of-rand-in-ruby-compared-to-other-methods/42170560
- https://github.com/bvsatyaram/random_password_generator/blob/2855e8d7d8803dbb580ddd6cf13846394eb4530e/lib/random_password_generator.rb#L23