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TI-2021-02492 Aliases CVE-2021-3538GHSA-33m6-q9v5-62r7

A flaw was found in github.com/satori/go.uuid in versions from commit…

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-338Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

A flaw was found in github.com/satori/go.uuid in versions from commit 0ef6afb2f6cdd6cdaeee3885a95099c63f18fc8c to d91630c8510268e75203009fe7daf2b8e1d60c45. Due to insecure randomness in the g.rand.Read function the generated UUIDs are predictable for an attacker.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02307 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial github.com/satori/go.uuid (Go): 1.2.1-0.20180404165556-75cca531ea76Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—satori/go.uuidAll satori/go.uuid versions from commit 0ef6afb2f6cdd6cdaeee3885a95099c63f18fc8c to d91630c8510268e75203009fe7daf2b8e1d60c45—No fix listedCNA
—github.com/satori/go.uuid (Go)1.2.1-0.20180103161547-0ef6afb2f6cd to before 1.2.1-0.20180404165556-75cca531ea761.2.1-0.20180404165556-75cca531ea76Patch availableGHSA-33m6-q9v5-62r7
  • satori/go.uuid Vendor— Affected All satori/go.uuid versions from commit 0ef6afb2f6cdd6cdaeee3885a95099c63f18fc8c to d91630c8510268e75203009fe7daf2b8e1d60c45 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • github.com/satori/go.uuid (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.2.1-0.20180103161547-0ef6afb2f6cd to before 1.2.1-0.20180404165556-75cca531ea76 Fixed in 1.2.1-0.20180404165556-75cca531ea76 Patch available GHSA-33m6-q9v5-62r7

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:satori:uuid:-:*:*:*:*:go:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableSatori
  • cpe:2.3:a:satori:uuid:-:*:*:*:*:go:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Satori

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-33m6-q9v5-62r7 github.com/satori/go.uuid (Go) Fixed in 1.2.1-0.20180404165556-75cca531ea76 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2AffectedNo fix yet
Not affected: 9 products
  • Migration Toolkit for Containers
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Assisted Installer 1
  • Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 2
  • Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1
  • Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4
  • Red Hat Quay 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-3538
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-33m6-q9v5-62r7

References

Advisory 3

Other 6

Sources

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