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Security checkNovember 04, 2025

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in nanoid

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Medium severitynpmnanoid

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Description

The package nanoid from 3.0.0, before 3.1.31, are vulnerable to Information Exposure via the valueOf() function which allows to reproduce the last id generated.

Recommendation

Update the nanoid package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): >= 3.0.0, < 3.1.31
  • Patched version(s): 3.1.31

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