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CVE-2020-36732

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-330

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.

Affected products

• brix crypto-js: before 3.2.1 — fixed in 3.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: brix crypto-js 3.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/brix/crypto-js/compare/3.2.0...3.2.1
• https://github.com/brix/crypto-js/issues/254
• https://github.com/brix/crypto-js/issues/256
• https://github.com/brix/crypto-js/pull/257/commits/e4ac157d8b75b962d6538fc0b996e5d4d5a9466b
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230706-0003/
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CRYPTOJS-548472
• https://github.com/brix/crypto-js/compare/3.2.0...3.2.1
• https://github.com/brix/crypto-js/issues/254
• https://github.com/brix/crypto-js/issues/256
• https://github.com/brix/crypto-js/pull/257/commits/e4ac157d8b75b962d6538fc0b996e5d4d5a9466b
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230706-0003/
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CRYPTOJS-548472

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