Advisories for Golang/Github.com/Gorilla/Websocket package

2026

Gorilla WebSocket Uses Cryptographically Weak PRNG for WebSocket Mask Key

gorilla/websocket used math/rand (cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator) to generate WebSocket frame mask keys prior to commit d67f4185. WebSocket masking keys MUST be unpredictable to prevent frame content injection attacks. math/rand produces deterministic output when seeded with a known value, enabling an attacker to predict or recover mask keys and inject content into WebSocket connections. Type: Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator Fix: Replaced math/rand with crypto/rand (commit d67f4185, …

2020