Security Resilience

CWE · MITRE source

CWE-1241Use of Predictable Algorithm in Random Number Generator

Abstraction: Base · CVEs in our corpus: 12

The device uses an algorithm that is predictable and generates a pseudo-random number.

Pseudo-random number generator algorithms are predictable because their registers have a finite number of possible states, which eventually lead to repeating patterns. As a result, pseudo-random number generators (PRNGs) can compromise their randomness or expose their internal state to various attacks, such as reverse engineering or tampering.

Last updated: 14 October 2026 20:41 UTC

Cumulative inbound coverage

How completely the frameworks we cross-walk collectively cover this — the verdict is the strongest single mapping (overlapping partials are not summed); breadth shows the corroboration behind it.

Collective: mostly · 4 mapping(s) from 2 framework(s): STIG oracle linux 8 2 (mostly) · STIG rhel 8 2 (mostly)

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OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

This weakness contributes to A04:2025 Cryptographic Failures.

Control responseHuman-reviewed

Answering this weakness across the control lifecycle, from our framework cross-walks.

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53 / CSF Protect)
  • PR.PS-06
  • SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management
  • SC-13 Cryptographic Protection
  • SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles
Detect
Catch it (CSF Detect / Respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 5 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V6.5.3
  • V7.2.3
  • V11.5.1
  • V11.5.2

NIST 800-53 r5 controls PROPOSED for this weakness (0)AI-assisted

These are model PROPOSALS, not graded mappings. They come from controls_to_cwe_proposals, which carries no grade field at all; across the CWE pages 1,540 of 1,722 such associations (89%) have never been graded by anything. The heading said “address” until 2026-09-29, which asserted a relationship the data does not carry. Graded cross-walks are on the framework map, not here.

Control Title Family Why it addresses this CWE
No NIST controls proposed yet.

Top CVEs of this weakness type, ranked by Risk Priority

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Published
CVE-2016-10180 6.57.50.04542017-01-30
CVE-2021-3689 6.27.50.01902021-08-10
CVE-2023-4695 6.28.10.00722023-09-01
CVE-2026-26018 6.07.50.00792026-03-06
CVE-2021-3692 4.85.30.01702021-08-10
CVE-2026-6420 4.76.30.00182026-05-06
CVE-2026-73576 4.76.30.00332026-08-13
CVE-2025-13079 4.45.30.00402026-02-19
CVE-2025-32056 3.24.00.00272026-01-22