# CVE-2019-16303: A class generated by the Generator in JHipster before 6.3.0 and JHipster Kotlin through 1.1.0 produces code that uses an insecure source of

- Also known as: GHSA-J3RH-8VWQ-WH84, GHSA-MWP6-J9WF-968C
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.2.0
- Published: 2019-09-13 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- generator-jhipster-kotlin (npm): fixed in 1.2.0

## Description

A class generated by the Generator in JHipster before 6.3.0 and JHipster Kotlin through 1.1.0 produces code that uses an insecure source of randomness (apache.commons.lang3 RandomStringUtils). This allows an attacker (if able to obtain their own password reset URL) to compute the value for all other password resets for other accounts, thus allowing privilege escalation or account takeover.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, generator-jhipster-kotlin, upgrade to a fixed version (1.2.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/security/advisories/GHSA-mwp6-j9wf-968c
- https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/issues/10401
- https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/commit/88448b85fd3e8e49df103f0061359037c2c68ea7
- https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-kotlin/issues/183
- https://www.jhipster.tech/2019/09/13/jhipster-release-6.3.0.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d243e7e3f25daeb242dacf3def411fba32a9388d3ff84918cb28ddd%40%3Cissues.commons.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc87fa35a48b5d70b06af6fb81785ed82e82686eb83307aae6d250dc9%40%3Cissues.commons.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc3f00f5d3d2ec0e2381a3b9096d5f5b4d46ec1587ee7e251a3dbb897%40%3Cissues.commons.apache.org%3E

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