Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-36045 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) vulnerability in Nodebb

CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

HIGH

Integrity impact

HIGH

Availability impact

HIGH

network

low complexity

nodebb

CWE-338

critical

NVD

Published: 2022-08-31

Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

NodeBB Forum Software is powered by Node.js and supports either Redis, MongoDB, or a PostgreSQL database. It utilizes web sockets for instant interactions and real-time notifications. `utils.generateUUID`, a helper function available in essentially all versions of NodeBB (as far back as v1.0.1 and potentially earlier) used a cryptographically insecure Pseudo-random number generator (`Math.random()`), which meant that a specially crafted script combined with multiple invocations of the password reset functionality could enable an attacker to correctly calculate the reset code for an account they do not have access to. This vulnerability impacts all installations of NodeBB. The vulnerability allows for an attacker to take over any account without the involvement of the victim, and as such, the remediation should be applied immediately (either via NodeBB upgrade or cherry-pick of the specific changeset. The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.x and 1.19.x. There is no known workaround, but the patch sets listed above will fully patch the vulnerability.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Nodebb Nodebb Nodebb 0.0.3 Nodebb Nodebb 0.0.4 Nodebb Nodebb 0.0.5 Nodebb Nodebb 0.0.6 Nodebb Nodebb 0.0.7 Nodebb Nodebb 0.1.0 Nodebb Nodebb 0.1.1 Nodebb Nodebb 0.2.0 Nodebb Nodebb 0.2.1 Nodebb Nodebb 0.2.2 Nodebb Nodebb 0.3.0 Nodebb Nodebb 0.3.1 Nodebb Nodebb 0.3.2 Nodebb Nodebb 0.4.0 Nodebb Nodebb 0.4.1 Nodebb Nodebb 0.4.2 Nodebb Nodebb 0.4.3 Nodebb Nodebb 0.5.0 Nodebb Nodebb 0.5.1 Nodebb Nodebb 0.5.2 Nodebb Nodebb 0.5.3 Nodebb Nodebb 0.5.4 Nodebb Nodebb 0.5.5 Nodebb Nodebb 0.5.6 Nodebb Nodebb 0.5.7 Nodebb Nodebb 0.6.0 Nodebb Nodebb 0.6.1 Nodebb Nodebb 0.7.0 Nodebb Nodebb 0.7.1 Nodebb Nodebb 0.7.2 Nodebb Nodebb 0.7.3 Nodebb Nodebb 0.8.0 Nodebb Nodebb 0.8.1 Nodebb Nodebb 0.8.2 Nodebb Nodebb 0.9.0 Nodebb Nodebb 0.9.1 Nodebb Nodebb 0.9.2 Nodebb Nodebb 0.9.3 Nodebb Nodebb 0.9.4 Nodebb Nodebb 1.0.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.0.1 Nodebb Nodebb 1.0.2 Nodebb Nodebb 1.0.3 Nodebb Nodebb 1.0.4 Nodebb Nodebb 1.1.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.1.1 Nodebb Nodebb 1.1.2 Nodebb Nodebb 1.1.3 Nodebb Nodebb 1.2.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.2.1 Nodebb Nodebb 1.2.2 Nodebb Nodebb 1.3.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.4.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.4.1 Nodebb Nodebb 1.4.2 Nodebb Nodebb 1.4.3 Nodebb Nodebb 1.4.4 Nodebb Nodebb 1.4.5 Nodebb Nodebb 1.4.6 Nodebb Nodebb 1.5.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.5.1 Nodebb Nodebb 1.5.2 Nodebb Nodebb 1.5.3 Nodebb Nodebb 1.6.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.6.1 Nodebb Nodebb 1.7.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.7.1 Nodebb Nodebb 1.7.2 Nodebb Nodebb 1.7.3 Nodebb Nodebb 1.7.4 Nodebb Nodebb 1.7.5 Nodebb Nodebb 1.8.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.8.1 Nodebb Nodebb 1.8.2 Nodebb Nodebb 1.9.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.9.1 Nodebb Nodebb 1.9.2 Nodebb Nodebb 1.9.3 Nodebb Nodebb 1.12.2 Nodebb Nodebb 1.13.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.13.1 Nodebb Nodebb 1.13.2 Nodebb Nodebb 1.13.3 Nodebb Nodebb 1.13.4 Nodebb Nodebb 1.14.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.14.1 Nodebb Nodebb 1.14.2 Nodebb Nodebb 1.14.3 Nodebb Nodebb 1.15.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.15.1 Nodebb Nodebb 1.15.2 Nodebb Nodebb 1.15.3 Nodebb Nodebb 1.15.4 Nodebb Nodebb 1.15.5 Nodebb Nodebb 1.16.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.16.1 Nodebb Nodebb 1.16.2 Nodebb Nodebb 1.17.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.17.1 Nodebb Nodebb 1.18.4 Nodebb Nodebb 1.18.5 Nodebb Nodebb 1.18.6 Nodebb Nodebb 1.18.7 Nodebb Nodebb 1.19.0 Nodebb Nodebb 1.19.1 Nodebb Nodebb 1.19.3 Nodebb Nodebb 1.19.4 Nodebb Nodebb 1.19.5 Nodebb Nodebb 1.19.6 Nodebb Nodebb 1.19.7 Nodebb Nodebb 2.0.0	251

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-338 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

Summary

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References