CWE-337 Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

variant

A Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) is initialized from a predictable seed, such as the process ID or system time.

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parent weaknesses

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vulnerabilities (22)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2022-26852UScritical9.8—
Dell PowerScale OneFS, versions 8.2.x-9.3.x, contain a predictable seed in pseudo-random number generator. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerab…
CVE-2022-40267UScritical9.1—
Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-F Series FX5U-xMy/z (x=32,64,80, y=T,R, z=ES,DS,ESS,DSS) with s…
CVE-2024-7558UShigh8.0OT elevated—
JUJU_CONTEXT_ID is a predictable authentication secret. On a Juju machine (non-Kubernetes) or Juju charm container (on Kubernetes), an unprivileged user in the same network namespa…
CVE-2023-49343UShigh7.8—
Temporary data passed between application components by Budgie Extras Dropby applet could potentially be viewed or manipulated. The data is stored in a location that is accessible…
CVE-2020-9291UShigh7.8—
An Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in FortiClient for Windows 6.2.1 and below may allow a local user to gain elevated privileges via exhausting the pool of temporary file nam…
CVE-2026-25235UShigh7.5—
PEAR is a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. Prior to version 1.33.0, predictable verification hashes may allow attackers to guess verification tokens a…
CVE-2020-28597UShigh7.5—
A predictable seed vulnerability exists in the password reset functionality of Epignosis EfrontPro 5.2.21. By predicting the seed it is possible to generate the correct password re…
CVE-2025-62710USmedium5.9—
Sakai is a Collaboration and Learning Environment. Prior to versions 23.5 and 25.0, EncryptionUtilityServiceImpl initialized an AES256TextEncryptor password (serverSecretKey) using…
CVE-2023-21366USmedium5.5OT elevated—
In Scudo, there is a possible way for an attacker to predict heap allocation patterns due to insecure implementation/design. This could lead to local information disclosure with no…
CVE-2016-15006USmedium5.3—
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in enigmaX up to 2.2. This issue affects the function getSeed of the file main.c of the component Scrambling Ta…
CVE-2024-22194USlow2.8—
cdo-local-uuid project provides a specialized UUID-generating function that can, on user request, cause a program to generate deterministic UUIDs. An information leakage vulnerabil…
CVE-2026-18451US——
The HTML5 KVM-over-IP console authenticates with a token returned by the web interface. Weaknesses in token generation may allow an attacker to guess the session token and take con…
CVE-2026-55889US—OT elevated—
XDG Desktop Portal is a desktop integration portal. Prior to version 1.22.1, malicious sandboxed applications can use the FileTransfer.RetrieveFiles method to redirect drag-and-dro…
CVE-2026-73794US——
HPE NonStop MODULAR NSJ  contains a predictable seed vulnerability in Random Number Generation (PRNG)
CVE-2026-19396US——
A predictable seed in the pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) in the IFTTT pairing token generation of the ASUS RT-BE57 router allows an unauthenticated nearby user to derive the…
CVE-2026-66372US——
The affected products use insufficiently random values, which allows web session tokens to be predictable, bounding token entropy to the seed space.
CVE-2026-26018US——
CoreDNS is a DNS server that chains plugins. Prior to version 1.14.2, a denial of service vulnerability exists in CoreDNS's loop detection plugin that allows an attacker to crash t…
CVE-2025-55069US——
A predictable seed in pseudo-random number generator vulnerability has been discovered in firmware version 3.60 of the Click Plus PLC. The vulnerability relies on the fact that the…
CVE-2025-20613US——
Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in the firmware for some Intel(R) TDX may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via loc…
CVE-2025-7770US——
Tigo Energy's CCA device is vulnerable to insecure session ID generation in their remote API. The session IDs are generated using a predictable method based on the current timestam…
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