01 Record
CVE-2019-16303
A class generated by the Generator in JHipster before 6.3.0 and JHipster Kotlin through 1.1.0 produces code that uses an insecure source of randomness (apache.commons.lang3 RandomStringUtils). This
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
A class generated by the Generator in JHipster before 6.3.0 and JHipster Kotlin through 1.1.0 produces code that uses an insecure source of randomness (apache.commons.lang3 RandomStringUtils). This
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-09-13 23:43Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 01:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-09-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-338Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- acc275a9bdeb919579f35380d21aabc5a4edf37d773a4d89f15d83162df45566
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/security/advisories/GHSA-mwp6-j9wf-968c
- github.comhttps://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/issues/10401
- github.comhttps://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/commit/88448b85fd3e8e49df103f0061359037c2c68ea7
- github.comhttps://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/issues/183
- www.jhipster.techhttps://www.jhipster.tech/2019/09/13/jhipster-release-6.3.0.html
- lists.apache.org[commons-issues] 20200918 [jira] [Created] (LANG-1607) To aid with CVE-2019-16303, consider upgrading RandomStringUtils default RNGhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d243e7e3f25daeb242dacf3def411fba32a9388d3ff84918cb28ddd%40%3Cissues.commons.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[commons-issues] 20200919 [jira] [Commented] (LANG-1607) To aid with CVE-2019-16303, consider upgrading RandomStringUtils default RNGhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc87fa35a48b5d70b06af6fb81785ed82e82686eb83307aae6d250dc9%40%3Cissues.commons.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[commons-issues] 20200921 [jira] [Commented] (LANG-1607) To aid with CVE-2019-16303, consider upgrading RandomStringUtils default RNGhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc3f00f5d3d2ec0e2381a3b9096d5f5b4d46ec1587ee7e251a3dbb897%40%3Cissues.commons.apache.org%3E