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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-10755

The SAML identifier generated within SAML2Utils.java was found to make use of the apache commons-lang3 RandomStringUtils class which makes them predictable due to RandomStringUtils PRNG's algorithm not being cryptographically strong. This issue only affects the 3.X release of pac4j-saml.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:12 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-10755

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Sept 2019, 23:15 UTC

The SAML identifier generated within SAML2Utils.java was found to make use of the apache commons-lang3 RandomStringUtils class which makes them predictable due to RandomStringUtils PRNG's algorithm not being cryptographically strong. This issue only affects the 3.X release of pac4j-saml.

osv:CVE-2019-10755
Complete source record
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  "id": "8df37265864e97ea87b2345c5d35b71ecafe4f40aace5b402cec83a6cd1f0b9d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10755",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-10755",
    "summary": "The SAML identifier generated within SAML2Utils.java was found to make use of the apache commons-lang3 RandomStringUtils class which makes them predictable due to RandomStringUtils PRNG's algorithm not being cryptographically strong. This issue only affects the 3.X release of pac4j-saml.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-10755",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-10755",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-10755",
        "GHSA-rc75-cf5c-mxvh",
        "SNYK-JAVA-ORGPAC4J-467407"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/pac4j/pac4j",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "ed323e62d6e00fb4cfa4d616a6359a99ea708899"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "8bff48b7550aa18e985a344aaa82ed7544c2088e"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:pac4j:pac4j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.8.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-10755.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:36.678528581Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGPAC4J-467407"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-10755",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434039,
  "published_at": "2019-09-23T23:15:10.737+00:00"
}