vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-35255: Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N) | Dec 5, 2022 | Mar 26, 2024 | Dec 22, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
Dec 5, 2022
Added
Mar 26, 2024
Modified
Dec 22, 2025
Description
A weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen vulnerability exists in Node.js 18 due to a change with EntropySource() in SecretKeyGenTraits::DoKeyGen() in src/crypto/crypto_keygen.cc. There are two problems with this: 1) It does not check the return value, it assumes EntropySource() always succeeds, but it can (and sometimes will) fail. 2) The random data returned byEntropySource() may not be cryptographically strong and therefore not suitable as keying material.
Solutions
alpine-linux-upgrade-nodejsalpine-linux-upgrade-nodejs-current
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