CVE-2026-73086
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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References
- https://github.com/ai/nanoid/commit/7087969281cab8ba8ae3babf1894e819068b3bb4
- https://github.com/ai/nanoid/commit/821dfed7b5db7f88e92f56c60eef32c8135077c3
- https://github.com/ai/nanoid/commit/b0036ed60dc9facd7f1191a50dfb3076500202ac
- https://github.com/ai/nanoid/releases/tag/3.3.12
- https://github.com/ai/nanoid/releases/tag/5.1.11
- https://github.com/ai/nanoid/security/advisories/GHSA-xwg4-73v4-xw9w
CWEs
CWE-190
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.