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CVE-2020-36732
The crypto-js package before 3.2.1 for Node.js generates random numbers by concatenating the string "0." with an integer, which makes the…
Medium5.3EPSS 1.1%
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- mitre
Description
The crypto-js package before 3.2.1 for Node.js generates random numbers by concatenating the string "0." with an integer, which makes the output more predictable than necessary.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmcrypto-jsGHSA-3w3w-pxmm-2w2j (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CRYPTOJS-548472 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/brix/crypto-js/pull/257/commits/e4ac157d8b75b962d6538fc0b996e5d4d5a9466b (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/brix/crypto-js/issues/254 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/brix/crypto-js/issues/256 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/brix/crypto-js/compare/3.2.0...3.2.1 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230706-0003/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-3w3w-pxmm-2w2j (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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