CVE-2018-1000620

Name: CVE-2018-1000620
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2018-07-09T20:29:00.737+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

CRITICALCVSS 9.8/10EPSS 1.68%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-1000620 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. Eran Hammer cryptiles version 4.1.1 earlier contains a CWE-331: Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in randomDigits() method that can result in An attacker is more likely to be able to brute force something that was supposed to be random.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends upon the calling application.. EPSS estimates a 1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

Eran Hammer cryptiles version 4.1.1 earlier contains a CWE-331: Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in randomDigits() method that can result in An attacker is more likely to be able to brute force something that was supposed to be random.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends upon the calling application.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 4.1.2.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

9.8/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Probability

1.68%

74.0th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-331

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cryptiles Project	Cryptiles	< 3.1.3
Cryptiles Project	Cryptiles	>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.2

References

https://github.com/hapijs/cryptiles/issues/34Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/hapijs/cryptiles/issues/35
https://github.com/hapijs/cryptiles/issues/34Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/hapijs/cryptiles/issues/35

Timeline

Published: Jul 9, 2018
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2018-1000620?

How severe is CVE-2018-1000620?

CVE-2018-1000620 has a CVSS score of 9.8/10 (CRITICAL severity). The EPSS model estimates a 1.68% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1000620?

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Source: NVD / NIST