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Critical severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 4, 2024· Updated Aug 2, 2024

nano-id is unable to generate the correct character set

CVE-2024-36400

Description

nano-id is a unique string ID generator for Rust. Affected versions of the nano-id crate incorrectly generated IDs using a reduced character set in the nano_id::base62 and nano_id::base58 functions. Specifically, the base62 function used a character set of 32 symbols instead of the intended 62 symbols, and the base58 function used a character set of 16 symbols instead of the intended 58 symbols. Additionally, the nano_id::gen macro is also affected when a custom character set that is not a power of 2 in size is specified. It should be noted that nano_id::base64 is not affected by this vulnerability. This can result in a significant reduction in entropy, making the generated IDs predictable and vulnerable to brute-force attacks when the IDs are used in security-sensitive contexts such as session tokens or unique identifiers. The vulnerability is fixed in 0.4.0.

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
nano-idcrates.io
< 0.4.00.4.0

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