Description
Cloudreve is a self-hosted file management and sharing system. Prior to version 4.13.0, the application uses the weak pseudo-random number generator math/rand seeded with time.Now().UnixNano() to generate critical security secrets, including the secret_key, and hash_id_salt. These secrets are generated upon first startup and persisted in the database. An attacker can exploit this by obtaining the administrator's account creation time (via public API endpoints) to narrow the search window for the PRNG seed, and use known hashid to validate the seed. By brute-forcing the seed (demonstrated to take <3 hours on general consumer PC), an attacker can predict the secret_key. This allows them to forge valid JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) for any user, including administrators, leading to full account takeover and privilege escalation. This issue has been patched in version 4.13.0.
Published: 2026-04-03
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Full Account Takeover via forged JWTs
Action: Apply Patch
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-f8xp-wvcx-p6f4 Cloudreve is vulnerable to Account Takeover via Weak Cryptographic Token Generation (Insecure PRNG Seeding)
History

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:cloudreve:cloudreve:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Cloudreve
Cloudreve cloudreve
Vendors & Products Cloudreve
Cloudreve cloudreve

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Description Cloudreve is a self-hosted file management and sharing system. Prior to version 4.13.0, the application uses the weak pseudo-random number generator math/rand seeded with time.Now().UnixNano() to generate critical security secrets, including the secret_key, and hash_id_salt. These secrets are generated upon first startup and persisted in the database. An attacker can exploit this by obtaining the administrator's account creation time (via public API endpoints) to narrow the search window for the PRNG seed, and use known hashid to validate the seed. By brute-forcing the seed (demonstrated to take <3 hours on general consumer PC), an attacker can predict the secret_key. This allows them to forge valid JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) for any user, including administrators, leading to full account takeover and privilege escalation. This issue has been patched in version 4.13.0.
Title Cloudreve is vulnerable to Account Takeover via Weak Cryptographic Token Generation (Insecure PRNG Seeding)
Weaknesses CWE-338
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Cloudreve Cloudreve
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-04T03:21:18.970Z

Reserved: 2026-02-05T16:48:00.426Z

Link: CVE-2026-25726

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-04T03:21:15.441Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-03T20:16:02.263

Modified: 2026-04-13T18:31:43.283

Link: CVE-2026-25726

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-14T16:41:48Z

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