High severity · published Sep 3, 2026
CVE-2026-3416
Predictable Pseudorandom Number Generation via Webhook HMAC Secret Generation in Multiple WSO2 Products Allows Forged Event Payloads
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The API Publisher component previously used a non-cryptographic pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) to create shared secrets for Webhook HMAC validation. This PRNG lacks sufficient entropy for security-sensitive operations, allowing a sophisticated attacker to predict future secrets. This enables malicious actors to forge event payloads with valid HMAC signatures, bypassing the API Gateway's authenticity verification.
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to predict shared secrets used for Webhook HMAC validation and forge event payloads with valid signatures. This may enable bypassing API Gateway authenticity checks, leading to unauthorized event injection, data manipulation, or downstream system compromise.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WA
WSO2 API Control Plane · WSO2
4.5.0 before 4.5.0.53 · source: vendor
WA
WSO2 API Manager · WSO2
4.1.0 before 4.1.0.253; 4.2.0 before 4.2.0.193; 4.3.0 before 4.3.0.104; 4.4.0 before 4.4.0.68; 4.5.0 before 4.5.0.52 · source: vendor
AC
Api Control Plane · Wso2
4.5.0 before 4.5.0.53 · source: NVD
AM
Api Manager · Wso2
4.1.0 before 4.1.0.253; 4.2.0 before 4.2.0.193; 4.3.0 before 4.3.0.104; 4.4.0 before 4.4.0.68; 4.5.0 before 4.5.0.52 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3416
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3416
Patch
https://security.docs.wso2.com/en/latest/security-announcements/security-advisories/2026/WSO2-2026-5174/
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