CVE-2024-45751
Published: 06 September 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-45751 is a medium-severity PRNG (CWE-338) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 45.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-41704
Vulnerability details
tgt (aka Linux target framework) before 1.0.93 attempts to achieve entropy by calling rand without srand. The PRNG seed is always 1, and thus the sequence of challenges is always identical.
- 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.
Security associations share details on cryptographically weak PRNGs, helping avoid their implementation in security-critical functions.
Cryptographic key management standards require cryptographically strong PRNGs for key material, blocking use of weak generators.