Advisory record · GHSA-wwvv-x5mq-h3jj

Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator in yiisoft/yii2-dev

CVSS 8.1 HighEPSS 0.017 · 77th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 1 Sept 2021, 18:35 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
yiisoft/yii2-devPackagist<2.0.432.0.43
Identifiers
GHSA-wwvv-x5mq-h3jj · CVE-2021-3692 · PKSA-26mg-s28k-sb3m
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-330 · CWE-338 · CWE-1241
Published
1 Sept 2021
Updated
8 Nov 2023

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Yii 2 package yiisoft/yii2-dev versions before 2.0.43 are affected. The source gives few details, but it describes the issue as use of a predictable algorithm in a random number generator, which can allow an attacker to predict generated values. Upgrade yiisoft/yii2-dev to version 2.0.43 or later.

Written 5 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.1 High 3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (@huntrdev)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.017, the 77th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:33 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:33 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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