GHSA-w5hq-g745-h8pqMediumCVSS 7.5
uuid: Missing buffer bounds check in v3/v5/v6 when buf is provided
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Summary
The v3(), v5(), and v6() API methods (not uuid release versions) accept external output buffers but do not reject out-of-range writes (small buf or large offset).
By contrast, v4(), v1(), and v7() API methods explicitly throw RangeError on invalid bounds.
This inconsistency allows silent partial writes into caller-provided buffers.
Affected code
src/v35.ts(v3()/v5()path) writesbuf[offset + i]without bounds validation.src/v6.tswritesbuf[offset + i]without bounds validation.
Reproducible PoC
cd /home/StrawHat/uuid
npm ci
npm run build
node --input-type=module -e "
import {v4,v5,v6} from './dist-node/index.js';
const ns='6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8';
for (const [name,fn] of [
['v4()',()=>v4({},new Uint8Array(8),4)],
['v5()',()=>v5('x',ns,new Uint8Array(8),4)],
['v6()',()=>v6({},new Uint8Array(8),4)],
]) {
try { fn(); console.log(name,'NO_THROW'); }
catch(e){ console.log(name,'THREW',e.name); }
}"
Observed:
v4() THREW RangeErrorv5() NO_THROWv6() NO_THROW
Example partial overwrite evidence captured during audit:
same true buf [
170, 170, 170, 170,
75, 224, 100, 63
]
v6 [
187, 187, 187, 187,
31, 19, 185, 64
]
Security impact
- Primary: integrity/robustness issue (silent partial output).
- If an application assumes full UUID writes into preallocated buffers, this can produce malformed/truncated/partially stale identifiers without error.
- In systems where caller-controlled offsets/buffer sizes are exposed indirectly, this may become a security-relevant logic flaw.
Suggested fix
Add the same guard used by v4()/v1()/v7():
if (offset < 0 || offset + 16 > buf.length) {
throw new RangeError(`UUID byte range ${offset}:${offset + 15} is out of buffer bounds`);
}
Apply to:
src/v35.ts(coversv3()andv5())src/v6.ts
🎯 Affected products3
- npm/uuid:>= 12.0.0, < 12.0.1
- npm/uuid:>= 13.0.0, < 13.0.1
- npm/uuid:< 11.1.1
🔗 References (11)
- https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/security/advisories/GHSA-w5hq-g745-h8pq
- https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/commit/3d2c5b0342f0fcb52a5ac681c3d47c13e7444b34
- https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/releases/tag/v14.0.0
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41907
- https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/commit/32389c887c9e75f90442ee4cc95bbab0c4e8346e
- https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/commit/3d61d6ac1f782cf6b1dd8661c60f11722cd49a0d
- https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/commit/9d27ddf7046ce496ef39569ff84d948eeff9cb2a
- https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/releases/tag/v11.1.1
- https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/releases/tag/v12.0.1
- https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid/releases/tag/v13.0.1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w5hq-g745-h8pq