Cryptographically Weak PRNG in randomatic

MEDIUM 5.3CVE-2017-16028 · GHSA-6g33-f262-xjp4 · Published 04/06/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-16028 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability affecting randomatic (randomatic project), randomatic.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 71.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.0.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
randomatic randomatic_project	`< 3.0.0`	`3.0.0`
randomatic npm	`< 3.0.0`	`3.0.0`

Description

Affected versions of randomatic generate random values using a cryptographically weak psuedo-random number generator. This may result in predictable values instead of random values as intended.

Recommendation

Update to version 3.0.0 or later.

NVD description

react-native-meteor-oauth is a library for Oauth2 login to a Meteor server in React Native. The oauth Random Token is generated using a non-cryptographically strong RNG (Math.random()).

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16028 · ADVISORY
jonschlinkert/randomatic commit 4a52695 · WEB
GitHub Advisory GHSA-6g33-f262-xjp4 · ADVISORY
tableflip/react-native-meteor-oauth · WEB
npmjs.com/advisories/157 · WEB
nodesecurity.io/advisories/157 · Patch

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