CVE-2021-3692: Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator in yiisoft/yii2-dev

medium Affects yiisoft/yii2-dev. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2021-09-01; advisory modified 2023-11-08.

Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator in yiisoft/yii2-dev

Package: yiisoft/yii2-dev Composer
Affected versions: <2.0.43
Fixed in: 2.0.43
Severity: medium CVSS 5.3
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (77.1th percentile)
Published: 2021-09-01
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-330 CWE-338

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