CVE-2018-1000620
Insufficient Entropy in cryptiles
Eran Hammer cryptiles version 4.1.1 earlier contains a CWE-331: Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in randomDigits() method that can result in An attacker is more likely to be able to brute force something that was supposed to be random.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends upon the calling application.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 4.1.2.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Eran Hammer cryptiles version 4.1.1 earlier contains a CWE-331: Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in randomDigits() method that can result in An attacker is more likely to be able to brute force something that was supposed to be random.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends upon the calling application.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 4.1.2.
- Record
CVE-2018-1000620- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Eran Hammer cryptiles version 4.1.1 earlier contains a CWE-331: Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in randomDigits() method that can result in An attacker is more likely to be able to brute force something that was supposed to be random.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends upon the calling application.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 4.1.2.
- Record
CVE-2018-1000620- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0467 No score
Eran Hammer cryptiles version 4.1.1 earlier contains a CWE-331: Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in randomDigits() method that can result in An attacker is more likely to be able to brute force something that was supposed to be random.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends upon the calling application.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 4.1.2.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0467- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rq8g-5pc5-wrhr
Insufficient Entropy in cryptiles
Versions of cryptiles prior to 4.1.2 are vulnerable to Insufficient Entropy. The randomDigits() method does not provide sufficient entropy and its generates digits that are not evenly distributed.
Recommendation
Upgrade to version 4.1.2. The package is deprecated and has been moved to @hapi/cryptiles and it is strongly recommended to use the maintained package.
- Record
GHSA-rq8g-5pc5-wrhr- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Eran Hammer cryptiles version 4.1.1 earlier contains a CWE-331: Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in randomDigits() method that can result in An attacker is more likely to be able to brute force something that was supposed to be random.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends upon the calling application.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 4.1.2.
- Record
CVE-2018-1000620- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-rq8g-5pc5-wrhr
Insufficient Entropy in cryptiles
Versions of cryptiles prior to 4.1.2 are vulnerable to Insufficient Entropy. The randomDigits() method does not provide sufficient entropy and its generates digits that are not evenly distributed.
Recommendation
Upgrade to version 4.1.2. The package is deprecated and has been moved to @hapi/cryptiles and it is strongly recommended to use the maintained package.
- Record
GHSA-rq8g-5pc5-wrhr- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1778201072 No score
TuxCare security update for cryptiles (1 CVE)
TuxCare rebuilt cryptiles to address 1 CVE. Fixed in 3.2.1-tuxcare.1.
- Record
CLSA-2026-1778201072- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-1000620 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Cryptiles Project Cryptiles, published July 9, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.68%, the 77th percentile. Fixed in cryptiles 4.1.2.
References
github.com/hapijs/cryptiles/issues/34
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000620
npmjs.com/advisories/720