MediumGHSA-qrpm-p2h7-hrv2CVE-2021-23566

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in nanoid

Published 21 Jan 2022 · Updated 4 Nov 2025

Affected package

nanoidnpm
Affected
>=3.0.0 <3.1.31
Fixed in
3.1.31
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install nanoid@3.1.31

Details

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.

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References

Advisory data from OSV.dev (opens OSV.dev in a new tab), refreshed daily.