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Insecure random string generator used for sensitive data

Published Jan 3, 2024

Description

CubeFS is an open-source cloud-native file storage system. Prior to version 3.3.1, CubeFS used an insecure random string generator to generate user-specific, sensitive keys used to authenticate users in a CubeFS deployment. This could allow an attacker to predict and/or guess the generated string and impersonate a user thereby obtaining higher privileges. When CubeFS creates new users, it creates a piece of sensitive information for the user called the “accessKey”. To create the "accesKey", CubeFS uses an insecure string generator which makes it easy to guess and thereby impersonate the created user. An attacker could leverage the predictable random string generator and guess a users access key and impersonate the user to obtain higher privileges. The issue has been fixed in v3.3.1. There is no other mitigation than to upgrade.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner GitHub_M
Published Jan 3, 2024
Updated Jun 17, 2025
Reserved Oct 25, 2023
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Jan 11, 2024
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
GHSA-4248-P65P-HCRM