Do not use a pseudo-random number to generate a secret

Metadata

ID: java-security/no-pseudo-random-secret

Language: Java

Severity: Warning

Category: Security

CWE: 338

Description

Never use the Random class to generate secrets. Instead, use the SecureRandom class.

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Non-Compliant Code Examples

class MyClass{
    public String generateSecretToken() {
        Random r = new Random();
        return Long.toHexString(r.nextLong());
    }
}

Compliant Code Examples

import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex;

class Class {
    String generateSecretToken() {
        SecureRandom secRandom = new SecureRandom();

        byte[] result = new byte[32];
        secRandom.nextBytes(result);
        return Hex.encodeHexString(result);
    }
}
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