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CWE-335

Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

The product uses a Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) but does not correctly manage seeds.

43
Assigned CVEs
238th
Commonality Rank
7.7
Avg CVSS
0.0%
In CISA KEV

Volume and Severity of Assigned CVEs Over Time

Volume of CVEs assigned to CWE-335 and their average CVSS base score over time.

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Jan 30, 2017
9 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jun 26, 2026
28 days ago

Top CVEs Assigned This CWE

Top CVEs that have been assigned this CWE. A single CVE can have multiple CWE assignments, though many have just one.

43 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
CVE-2018-12520HIGH
An issue was discovered in ntopng 3.4 before 3.4.180617. The PRNG involved in the generation of session IDs is not seeded at program startup. This results in deterministic session
Jul 5, 20188.141NOYES
CVE-2026-11702HIGH
Bytes::Random::Secure::Tiny versions through 1.011 for Perl share internal state across forked processes. When an object is initialised before forking, then the internal state for
Jun 26, 20267.535NONO
CVE-2026-11625HIGH
Bytes::Random::Secure versions through 0.29 for Perl share internal state across forked processes. When an object is initialised before forking, or when the functional interface i
Jun 26, 20267.535NONO
CVE-2022-26852CRITICAL
Dell PowerScale OneFS, versions 8.2.x-9.3.x, contain a predictable seed in pseudo-random number generator. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerab
Apr 8, 20229.831NONO
CVE-2012-1577CRITICAL
lib/libc/stdlib/random.c in OpenBSD returns 0 when seeded with 0.
Dec 10, 20199.831NONO
CVE-2021-41117CRITICAL
keypair is a a RSA PEM key generator written in javascript. keypair implements a lot of cryptographic primitives on its own or by borrowing from other libraries where possible, inc
Oct 11, 20219.130NONO
CVE-2019-11495CRITICAL
In Couchbase Server 5.1.1, the cookie used for intra-node communication was not generated securely. Couchbase Server uses erlang:now() to seed the PRNG which results in a small sea
Sep 10, 20199.830NONO
CVE-2019-10908CRITICAL
In Airsonic 10.2.1, RecoverController.java generates passwords via org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils, which uses java.util.Random internally. This PRNG has a 48-bit seed th
Apr 7, 20199.830NONO
CVE-2018-14647HIGH
Python's elementtree C accelerator failed to initialise Expat's hash salt during initialization. This could make it easy to conduct denial of service attacks against Expat by const
Sep 25, 20187.530NONO
CVE-2017-11519CRITICAL
passwd_recovery.lua on the TP-Link Archer C9(UN)_V2_160517 allows an attacker to reset the admin password by leveraging a predictable random number generator seed. This is fixed in
Jul 21, 20179.830NONO
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CVE Severity & Scoring

This CWEGlobal (All CVEs)
0.0-0.9
1.0-1.9
2.0-2.9
3.0-3.9
10%
4.0-4.9
12%
19%
5.0-5.9
16%
6.0-6.9
42%
26%
7.0-7.9
14%
11%
8.0-8.9
23%
14%
9.0-10.0
unknown
CVSS Score Range

Exploit Exposure

Exploit activity across CVEs assigned to this CWE, including CVEs that carry other CWE assignments.

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
1 CVE
2.3% of CVEs· 89th percentile

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Media Mentions

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Top Affected Vendors

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