GMS-2019-28: Cryptographically Weak PRNG in generate-password

May 23, 2019 (updated August 4, 2021)

Affected versions of generate-password generate random values that are biased towards certain characters depending on the chosen character sets. This may result in guessable passwords. Update to or later.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-6qqf-vvcr-7qrv
github.com/brendanashworth/generate-password/pull/26
www.npmjs.com/advisories/762

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