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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-47831 EUVD-2026-42517GHSA-4qp9-f9vm-49xq

Cryptographically Weak Password Generation in bosh-windows-stemcell-builder Allows Remote SSH Brute-Force Attacks

Published Jul 9, 2026 · Updated Jul 9, 2026 · Assigned by vmware

Description

Use of a cryptographically weak random number generator in the GenerateRandomPassword function in bosh-windows-stemcell-builder allows a remote attacker to brute-force the resulting SSH login via TCP/22.
Affected versions: bosh-windows-stemcell-builder versions prior to v2019.98.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Cloud Foundry Foundation bosh-windows-stemcell-builder < 2019.98 2019.98

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