CVE-2021-4238
Published: 27 December 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-4238 is a critical-severity Insufficient Entropy (CWE-331) vulnerability in Goutils Project Goutils. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 43.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-7482
Vulnerability details
Randomly-generated alphanumeric strings contain significantly less entropy than expected. The RandomAlphaNumeric and CryptoRandomAlphaNumeric functions always return strings containing at least one digit from 0 to 9. This significantly reduces the amount of entropy in short strings generated by these functions.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Approved key-establishment methods mandate sufficient entropy during key generation, eliminating entropy-starved keys.