profanity through 1.60 has only four billion possible RNG initializations.
Priority LOW 36CWE-338Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
profanity through 1.60 has only four billion possible RNG initializations. Thus, attackers can recover private keys from Ethereum vanity addresses and steal cryptocurrency, as exploited in the wild in June 2022.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01492 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 1.60 | Vulnerable | Profanity Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.60 Vulnerable ·Profanity Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-40769
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9q2f-7hm7-62h6
References
More Profanity Project Profanity vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-03594 An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
Sources
- CVE-2022-40769 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-40769 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9q2f-7hm7-62h6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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