CVE-2021-23566 (GCVE-0-2021-23566)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-14 20:05 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:44
VLAI?
Title
Information Exposure
Summary
The package nanoid from 3.0.0 and before 3.1.31 are vulnerable to Information Exposure via the valueOf() function which allows to reproduce the last id generated.
Severity ?
4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P
CWE
  • Information Exposure
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a nanoid Affected: unspecified , < 3.1.31 (custom)
Date Public ?
2022-01-14 00:00
Credits
Artyom Arutyunyan
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