Description
nanoid is a secure, URL-friendly, unique string ID generator for JavaScript. Prior to versions 3.3.12 and 5.1.11, the nanoid(size) function in index.js and index.cjs coerces the user-influenced size parameter to a signed 32-bit integer, allowing a value of 2147483648 to become -2147483648 and corrupt the process-wide CSPRNG poolOffset in fillPool(), which causes subsequent session tokens, CSRF tokens, API keys, and unique identifiers to become the deterministic string "uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" until the process restarts. This issue is fixed in versions 3.3.12 and 5.1.11.
Published: 2026-08-11
Score: 7.4 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Description nanoid is a secure, URL-friendly, unique string ID generator for JavaScript. Prior to versions 3.3.12 and 5.1.11, the nanoid(size) function in index.js and index.cjs coerces the user-influenced size parameter to a signed 32-bit integer, allowing a value of 2147483648 to become -2147483648 and corrupt the process-wide CSPRNG poolOffset in fillPool(), which causes subsequent session tokens, CSRF tokens, API keys, and unique identifiers to become the deterministic string "uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" until the process restarts. This issue is fixed in versions 3.3.12 and 5.1.11.
Title nanoid: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Weaknesses CWE-190
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-11T16:46:23.024Z

Reserved: 2026-08-10T19:37:41.445Z

Link: CVE-2026-73086

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-11T17:19:16.690

Modified: 2026-08-11T17:19:16.690

Link: CVE-2026-73086

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