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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