@keystone-6/core's bundled cuid package known to be insecure
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- No fix listed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.
Summary
### Summary The `cuid` package used by `@keystone-6/*` and upstream dependencies is deprecated and [marked as insecure by the author](https://github.com/paralleldrive/cuid#status-deprecated-due-to-security-use-cuid2-instead). As reported by the author > Cuid and other k-sortable and non-cryptographic ids (Ulid, ObjectId, KSUID, all UUIDs) are all insecure. Use @paralleldrive/cuid2 instead. ### What are doing about this? - [We are waiting on Prisma](https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/issues/8282) to add support for [`cuid2`](https://github.com/paralleldrive/cuid2) - Alternatively, we might default to a random string ourselves ### What can I do about this? We have added a work-around for users who want to provide custom identifiers in https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/pull/8645 ### What if I need a `cuid`? The features marked as a security vulnerability by @paralleldrive are sometimes actually needed ([as written in the README of `cuid`](https://github.com/paralleldrive/cuid#motivation)) - the problem is the inherent risks that features like this can have. You might actually want the features of a monotonically increasing (auto-increment, k-sortable), and timestamp-based id as part of your application, and keystone should support that - but you might not want them by _default_. This is why this security advisory has been accepted by me (@dcousens), we currently use cuid identifiers by default, and that should change. ### Impact I have accepted this security advisory on the basis that we don't need this kind of identifier typically, and the need for them should be driven by an application's requirements, not a convenient default.
Why it matters now
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 |
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| — | @keystone-6/core (npm) | up to 5.3.1 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-5fp6-4xw3-xqq3 |
- @keystone-6/core (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 5.3.1 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-5fp6-4xw3-xqq3
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-5fp6-4xw3-xqq3
References
Sources
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