Affected versions of node-uuid consistently fall back to using Math.random as an entropy source instead of crypto, which may result in guessable UUID's.

Recommendation

Update to version 1.4.4 or later.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8851
• broofa/node-uuid@672f383
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1327056
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/13/8
• https://github.com/broofa/node-uuid/issues/108
• https://github.com/broofa/node-uuid/issues/122
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/93