CVE-2018-15795: Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

November 29, 2018 (updated September 16, 2021)

Pivotal CredHub Service Broker, versions prior to 1.1.0, uses a guessable form of random number generation in creating service broker’s UAA client. A remote malicious user may guess the client secret and obtain or modify credentials for users of the CredHub Service.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-q3jg-4c82-j4xh
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15795
pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-15795

Code Behaviors & Features

Detect and mitigate CVE-2018-15795 with GitLab Dependency Scanning

Secure your software supply chain by verifying that all open source dependencies used in your projects contain no disclosed vulnerabilities. Dependency Scanning using SBOM also detects vulnerabilities from proprietary advisories that this site does not include. Learn more about Dependency Scanning using SBOM →