A cryptograhic flaw exists in Magento 2.1 prior to 2.1.18, Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.9, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.2. A weak cryptograhic mechanism is used to generate the intialization vector in multiple security relevant contexts.
Weakness
The product uses insufficiently random numbers or values in a security context that depends on unpredictable numbers.
Affected Software
| Name |
Vendor |
Start Version |
End Version |
| Magento |
Magento |
2.1.0 (including) |
2.1.18 (excluding) |
| Magento |
Magento |
2.2.0 (including) |
2.2.9 (excluding) |
| Magento |
Magento |
2.3.0 (including) |
2.3.2 (excluding) |
Potential Mitigations
- Use a well-vetted algorithm that is currently considered to be strong by experts in the field, and select well-tested implementations with adequate length seeds.
- In general, if a pseudo-random number generator is not advertised as being cryptographically secure, then it is probably a statistical PRNG and should not be used in security-sensitive contexts.
- Pseudo-random number generators can produce predictable numbers if the generator is known and the seed can be guessed. A 256-bit seed is a good starting point for producing a “random enough” number.
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