[SECURITY] - Math.random used for UUID generation in OIDC service worker

[Ngc8795]

Issue and Steps to Reproduce

Hello,

During internal security testing at our company, a potential security issue was reported in our usage of @axa-fr/react-oidc.

We are currently using @axa-fr/react-oidc version 7.27.19.

The report points to the guid function in the OIDC Service Worker, which seems to generate UUID v4 values using Math.random(). As far as we understand, Math.random() is not considered cryptographically secure and should generally be avoided for values that may be used in authentication-related flows.

Since this Service Worker is involved in OIDC authentication and may handle sensitive values such as access tokens, refresh tokens, session-related identifiers, state values, or nonces, we wanted to report this so you can confirm whether this UUID generation is security-sensitive in this context.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Check the OIDC Service Worker implementation.
2. Locate the guid function used to generate UUID v4 values.
3. Notice that the UUID randomness appears to be based on Math.random().
4. Review whether these generated UUIDs can be used as nonces, state values, session identifiers, or other authentication-related values.

Versions

We are currently using:

@axa-fr/react-oidc: 7.27.19

Screenshots

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Expected

For authentication-related values, we would expect UUIDs or random identifiers to be generated with a cryptographically secure source, for example:

crypto.randomUUID()

or, if a custom UUID implementation is needed:

crypto.getRandomValues()

Actual

The current implementation appears to use Math.random() when generating UUID v4 values in the OIDC Service Worker.

Even though this may not be directly exploitable depending on how these UUIDs are used, Math.random() is generally not suitable for security-sensitive randomness because its output is not designed to be unpredictable for cryptographic or authentication use cases.

Additional Details

This was flagged by our internal security checks, so we wanted to raise it here rather than assume whether the impact is real or only theoretical.

Could you please confirm whether these UUIDs are used in any security-sensitive part of the OIDC flow, such as nonce, state, session correlation, or token-related handling?

If they are, replacing Math.random() with crypto.randomUUID() or crypto.getRandomValues() would probably be a safer approach.

Installed packages

@axa-fr/react-oidc: 7.27.19

[guillaume-chervet]

Thanks for the detailed report and proposed fix.

Summary of the concern
The current guid() helper in both packages/oidc-client-service-worker/src/jwt.ts and packages/oidc-client/src/jwt.ts uses Math.random() to generate UUID v4 values. These UUIDs are used as the jti claim in DPoP proof JWTs. Since jti can be relied upon by servers for replay protection, generating it with a non-cryptographic PRNG is below expected security standards, even if the practical collision probability is low.

Important note about the proposed resolution
While the proposed patch to switch to crypto.randomUUID() / crypto.getRandomValues() is technically sound and improves defense-in-depth, blindly applying and publishing security-related changes without project maintainer review and explicit approval can itself pose a security risk. For example:

• It may create a false sense of security if there are undocumented assumptions or other code paths that need to be changed in concert.
• It may unintentionally diverge from the project’s documented threat model or supported environments.
• It may leak security-relevant behavior changes before maintainers have had a chance to assess impact, coordinate disclosure, or update documentation and release notes accordingly.

Maintainer decision required before any change
To avoid introducing process-level or security risks by acting unilaterally:

• No code changes will be made automatically based on this comment.
• No pull request will be opened automatically.
• No patch will be merged or released until a project maintainer explicitly acknowledges this issue and confirms that it is acceptable to proceed with a fix along the lines described in the proposed answer (or provides alternative guidance).

If/when a maintainer explicitly lifts this constraint (for example, by commenting that the proposed change is acceptable or asking for a PR based on it), the suggested guid() replacement and associated tests can be turned into a regular, reviewable pull request.

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