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CVE-2021-4238
Published: Dec 27, 2022
Modified: Apr 11, 2025
PUBLISHED
Description
Randomly-generated alphanumeric strings contain significantly less entropy than expected. The RandomAlphaNumeric and CryptoRandomAlphaNumeric functions always return strings containing at least one digit from 0 to 9. This significantly reduces the amount of entropy in short strings generated by these functions.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
github.com/Masterminds/goutils | github.com/Masterminds/goutils | affected 0 - < 1.1.1 |
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