# CVE-2024-36400

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2024-36400
- **Severity:** CRITICAL
- **CVSS Score:** 9.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L)
- **CWE:** CWE-331
- **Published:** Jun 4, 2024
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## Description

nano-id is a unique string ID generator for Rust. Affected versions of the nano-id crate incorrectly generated IDs using a reduced character set in the `nano_id::base62` and `nano_id::base58` functions. Specifically, the `base62` function used a character set of 32 symbols instead of the intended 62 symbols, and the `base58` function used a character set of 16 symbols instead of the intended 58 symbols. Additionally, the `nano_id::gen` macro is also affected when a custom character set that is not a power of 2 in size is specified. It should be noted that `nano_id::base64` is not affected by this vulnerability. This can result in a significant reduction in entropy, making the generated IDs predictable and vulnerable to brute-force attacks when the IDs are used in security-sensitive contexts such as session tokens or unique identifiers. The vulnerability is fixed in 0.4.0.

## Affected Products

- viz-rs — nano-id (< 0.4.0)

## References

- [CNA](https://github.com/viz-rs/nano-id/security/advisories/GHSA-9hc7-6w9r-wj94)
- [CNA](https://github.com/viz-rs/nano-id/commit/a9022772b2f1ce38929b5b81eccc670ac9d3ab23)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.75%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 52.8

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._