[GitHub] [commons-lang] JLLeitschuh commented on a change in pull request #459: (doc): Document public RandomStringUtils exploit

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JLLeitschuh commented on a change in pull request #459: (doc): Document public RandomStringUtils exploit
URL: https://github.com/apache/commons-lang/pull/459#discussion_r324811221
 
 

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 File path: src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/RandomStringUtils.java
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 @@ -34,7 +34,11 @@
  * RandomStringGenerator</a> instead.</p>
  *
  * <p>Caveat: Instances of {@link Random}, upon which the implementation of this
- * class relies, are not cryptographically secure.</p>
+ * class relies, are <b>not cryptographically secure</b>.
+ * Do not use this classes' default implementation of {@link Random} in security sensitive locations,
+ * for example password reset key generation, as all future values can be computed as proven by
+ * <a href="https://medium.com/@alex91ar/the-java-soothsayer-a-practical-application-for-insecure-randomness-c67b0cd148cd">
 
 Review comment:
   As an author that regularly publishes on medium, you can choose to monizie or not monizie. It doesn't look like this one is monizied. I can ask the author for a "friend" link that doesn't have that pop-up when you load it though.

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