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CWE-337: Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

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A Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) is initialized from a predictable seed, such as the process ID or system time.

What the weakness is: CWE-337 at MITRE. OWASP Top 10: A04:2025 Cryptographic Failures

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