# CVE-2024-36400: nano-id is unable to generate the correct character set

- Also known as: GHSA-9HC7-6W9R-WJ94, GHSA-2HFW-W739-P7X5, RUSTSEC-2024-0343
- Severity: CVSS 9.4 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.4.0
- Published: 2024-06-04 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- viz-rs nano-id: fixed in 0.4.0
- nano-id (crates.io): fixed in 0.4.0
- nano-id (crates.io): from 0.0.0-0, fixed in 0.4.0

## Description

nano-id is a unique string ID generator for Rust. Affected versions of the nano-id crate incorrectly generated IDs using a reduced character set in the `nano_id::base62` and `nano_id::base58` functions. Specifically, the `base62` function used a character set of 32 symbols instead of the intended 62 symbols, and the `base58` function used a character set of 16 symbols instead of the intended 58 symbols. Additionally, the `nano_id::gen` macro is also affected when a custom character set that is not a power of 2 in size is specified. It should be noted that `nano_id::base64` is not affected by this vulnerability. This can result in a significant reduction in entropy, making the generated IDs predictable and vulnerable to brute-force attacks when the IDs are used in security-sensitive contexts such as session tokens or unique identifiers. The vulnerability is fixed in 0.4.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on viz-rs nano-id, nano-id, upgrade to a fixed version (0.4.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/viz-rs/nano-id/security/advisories/GHSA-9hc7-6w9r-wj94
- https://github.com/viz-rs/nano-id/commit/a9022772b2f1ce38929b5b81eccc670ac9d3ab23

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