Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in HFS - CVE-2026-61500
Published: October 6, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU153314
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 9.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-61500
CWE-ID: CWE-338
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to forge authenticated sessions.
The vulnerability exists due to use of predictable random values in session and login-handshake identifiers when generating session-related secrets. A remote attacker can predict application pseudorandom values to forge authenticated sessions.
Affected software
HFS
How to mitigate CVE-2026-61500
Install security update from vendor's website.
HFS - update to 3.2.1