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A Ruby encryption library is reported to reuse or fail to randomize a key cryptographic value. That can make encrypted data less protective than expected, especially when an attacker can influence plaintext and compare outputs. Exposure is likely limited to Ruby applications that depend on aescrypt gem 1.0.0 and use its AESCrypt.encrypt or AESCrypt.decrypt functions to protect sensitive data. Prioritize assessment if this gem protects sensitive or regulated data. No active exploitation is cited, but broken encryption can create silent confidentiality exposure. Mitigation focus: Inventory Ruby dependency manifests for aescrypt 1.0.0 usage.; Check the aescrypt project or vendor guidance for fixed versions or replacement advice.; Replace affected encryption use with maintained cryptography that uses unique unpredictable IVs..
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- https://github.com/Gurpartap/aescrypt/issues/4CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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