CVE-2011-2190: Cherokee-Project Cherokee

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The generate_admin_password function in Cherokee before 1.2.99 uses time and PID values for seeding of a random number generator, which makes it easier for local users to determine admin passwords via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

• Cherokee-Project Cherokee: up to and including 1.2.98; version 0.3.0 only; version 0.4.0 only; version 0.4.1 only; version 0.4.2 only; version 0.4.3 only; …

Published 2011-10-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.