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.
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History
03 Apr 2026, 20:16
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Information
Published : 2026-04-03 20:16
Updated : 2026-04-07 13:20
NVD link : CVE-2026-25726
Mitre link : CVE-2026-25726
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-25726
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Products Affected
No product.
CWE
CWE-338
Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
