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Critical · 9.4 CVE-2024-36400 EUVD-2024-2004GHSA-2hfw-w739-p7x5GHSA-9hc7-6w9r-wj94RUSTSEC-2024-0343

nano-id is unable to generate the correct character set

Published Jun 4, 2024 · Updated Aug 2, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
viz-rs nano-id < 0.4.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
crates.io nano-id < 0.4.0 0.4.0 GHSA-9hc7-6w9r-wj94
crates.io nano-id >= 0.0.0-0, < 0.4.0 0.4.0 RUSTSEC-2024-0343

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