# CVE-2021-29499: Predictable SIF UUID Identifiers

- Also known as: GO-2022-0912, GHSA-4GH8-X3VV-PHHG
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.2.3
- Published: 2021-05-07 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- sylabs sif: through 1.2.2
- github.com/sylabs/sif (Go): fixed in 1.2.3

## Description

SIF is an open source implementation of the Singularity Container Image Format. The `siftool new` command and func siftool.New() produce predictable UUID identifiers due to insecure randomness in the version of the `github.com/satori/go.uuid` module used as a dependency. A patch is available in version >= v1.2.3 of the module. Users are encouraged to upgrade. As a workaround, users passing CreateInfo struct should ensure the `ID` field is generated using a version of `github.com/satori/go.uuid` that is not vulnerable to this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sylabs sif, github.com/sylabs/sif, upgrade to a fixed version (1.2.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/sylabs/sif/security/advisories/GHSA-4gh8-x3vv-phhg

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