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Random seed leakage in Jumpserver

Type: advisorySources: OSV

JumpServer is an open source bastion host. This vulnerability is due to exposing the random number seed to the API, potentially allowing the randomly generated verification codes to be replayed, which could lead to password resets. If MFA is enabled users are not affect. Users not using local authentication are also not affected. Users are advised to upgrade to either version 2.28.19 or to 3.6.5. There are no known workarounds or this issue.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2023-42820
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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2 Nov 2026, 23:35 UTC · Revision 1

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Random seed leakage in Jumpserver

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Sept 2023, 20:35 UTC

JumpServer is an open source bastion host. This vulnerability is due to exposing the random number seed to the API, potentially allowing the randomly generated verification codes to be replayed, which could lead to password resets. If MFA is enabled users are not affect. Users not using local authentication are also not affected. Users are advised to upgrade to either version 2.28.19 or to 3.6.5. There are no known workarounds or this issue.

osv:CVE-2023-42820
Complete source record
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    "summary": "JumpServer is an open source bastion host. This vulnerability is due to exposing the random number seed to the API, potentially allowing the randomly generated verification codes to be replayed, which could lead to password resets. If MFA is enabled users are not affect. Users not using local authentication are also not affected. Users are advised to upgrade to either version 2.28.19 or to 3.6.5. There are no known workarounds or this issue.",
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  "published_at": "2023-09-26T20:35:22.853+00:00"
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