High

Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in Pivotal CredHub Service Broker

  • Disclosed: 29.11.2018
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:20

Pivotal CredHub Service Broker, versions prior to 1.1.0, uses a guessable form of random number generation in creating service broker's UAA client. A remote malicious user may guess the client secret and obtain or modify credentials for users of the CredHub Service.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.springframework.credhub:spring-credhub-core < 1.1.0 1.1.0

References

CVSS score 8.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-338
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.springframework.credhub:spring-credhub-core
Disclosed
29.11.2018
Updated
11.10.2026 11:20

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-q3jg-4c82-j4xh - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.springframework.credhub:spring-credhub-core

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

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