CVE-2019-10755: Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

September 23, 2019 (updated September 24, 2019)

The SAML identifier generated within SAML2Utils.java was found to make use of the apache commons-lang3 RandomStringUtils class which makes them predictable due to RandomStringUtils PRNG’s algorithm not being cryptographically strong.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10755

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