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Formidable relies on hexoid to prevent guessing of filenames for untrusted executable content #2605

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i got this on Dependabot alert:
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formidable
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= 2.1.0, < 2.1.3
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Formidable (aka node-formidable) 2.1.0 through 3.x before 3.5.3 relies on hexoid to prevent guessing of filenames for untrusted executable content; however, hexoid is documented as not "cryptographically secure." (Also, there is a scenario in which only the last two characters of a hexoid string need to be guessed, but this is not often relevant.) NOTE: this does not imply that, in a typical use case, attackers will be able to exploit any hexoid behavior to upload and execute their own content.

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13.0.0

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