Advisory record · GHSA-3839-6r69-m497 Withdrawn

Duplicate Advisory: GoUtils's randomly-generated alphanumeric strings contain significantly less entropy than expected

CVSS 9.1 CriticalEPSS 0.014 · 72nd percentile

Withdrawn. the GitHub Advisory Database withdrew this advisory on 23 Jan 2026. The record stays here, marked withdrawn.

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 28 Dec 2022, 00:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
github.com/Masterminds/goutilsGo<1.1.11.1.1
Identifiers
GHSA-3839-6r69-m497 · CVE-2021-4238 · GHSA-xg2h-wx96-xgxr · GO-2022-0411
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-331
Published
28 Dec 2022
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.1 Critical 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H GitHub Advisory Database
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.014, the 72nd percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:43 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:43 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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