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CVE-2019-25061

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-335

Description

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.

Affected products

• Random Password Generator Project Random Password Generator: through 1.0.0

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
• 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

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