Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
broofa/node-uuid
master @ 5233610
5
Fixes
1
CVEs
HIGH
Peak severity
Highlights
Cryptographic Issues: 2 prior fixes. Scrutinize any change in this area.
uuid.js: most-fixed (5 issues). Treat as high-risk during review.
3 high-severity fixes in this history; regressions here are high-impact.
Recurring patterns
The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.
Cryptographic Issues: The library had a history of relying on predictable Math.random() for UUID generation instead of strong platform APIs, leading to guessable identifiers as tracked in CVE-2015-8851. Secure randomness must be strictly enforced across both Node.js and browser environments.
Insecure Randomness: A scoping bug in checking the existence of the secure randomBytes API through the global object caused a silent fallback to insecure Math.random, highlighting how delicate environmental checks can completely bypass cryptographic protections.
Denial of Service: An infinite loop vulnerability in the UUID parser can cause the application thread to hang indefinitely when processing short, malformed inputs containing fewer than 16 characters.