diff --git a/packages/@webex/plugin-authorization-browser-first-party/src/authorization.js b/packages/@webex/plugin-authorization-browser-first-party/src/authorization.js
index 93386c1fe79..dc4831c6c78 100644
--- a/packages/@webex/plugin-authorization-browser-first-party/src/authorization.js
+++ b/packages/@webex/plugin-authorization-browser-first-party/src/authorization.js
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ import uuid from 'uuid';
 import base64url from 'crypto-js/enc-base64url';
 import CryptoJS from 'crypto-js';
 
-// Necessary to require lodash this way in order to stub
-// methods in the unit test
-const lodash = require('lodash');
-
 const OAUTH2_CSRF_TOKEN = 'oauth2-csrf-token';
 const OAUTH2_CODE_VERIFIER = 'oauth2-code-verifier';
 
@@ -887,7 +883,8 @@ const Authorization = WebexPlugin.extend({
    * during authorization code exchange; removes it once consumed.
    *
    * Implementation details:
-   * - Creates a 128 character string using base64url safe alphabet.
+   * - Creates a 128 character string using a cryptographically secure random
+   *   source and the base64url safe alphabet.
    * - Computes SHA256 hash, encodes to base64url (no padding).
    *
    * @instance
@@ -900,10 +897,14 @@ const Authorization = WebexPlugin.extend({
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
     const safeCharacterMap = base64url._safe_map;
+    const randomValues = new Uint8Array(128);
+
+    this.webex.getWindow().crypto.getRandomValues(randomValues);
 
-    const codeVerifier = lodash
-      .times(128, () => safeCharacterMap[lodash.random(0, safeCharacterMap.length - 1)])
-      .join('');
+    const codeVerifier = Array.from(
+      randomValues,
+      (randomValue) => safeCharacterMap[randomValue & (safeCharacterMap.length - 1)]
+    ).join('');
 
     const codeChallenge = CryptoJS.SHA256(codeVerifier).toString(base64url);
 
diff --git a/packages/@webex/plugin-authorization-browser-first-party/test/unit/spec/authorization.js b/packages/@webex/plugin-authorization-browser-first-party/test/unit/spec/authorization.js
index 0bf3de9c4a9..70ae684c6c9 100644
--- a/packages/@webex/plugin-authorization-browser-first-party/test/unit/spec/authorization.js
+++ b/packages/@webex/plugin-authorization-browser-first-party/test/unit/spec/authorization.js
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ describe('plugin-authorization-browser-first-party', () => {
       href = 'https://example.com',
       csrfToken = undefined,
       pkceVerifier = undefined,
-      config = {}
+      config = {},
+      getRandomValues = sinon.stub().callsFake((randomValues) => randomValues.fill(0))
     ) {
       const mockWindow = {
+        crypto: {
+          getRandomValues,
+        },
         history: {
           replaceState(a, b, location) {
             mockWindow.location.href = location;
@@ -1305,34 +1309,84 @@ describe('plugin-authorization-browser-first-party', () => {
     });
 
     describe('#_generateCodeChallenge', () => {
-      const expectedCodeChallenge = 'code challenge';
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
       const safeCharacterMap = CryptoJS.enc.Base64url._safe_map;
 
-      const expectedVerifier = times(128, () => safeCharacterMap[0]).join('');
+      function makeWebexWithRandomValues(fillRandomValues) {
+        const getRandomValuesStub = sinon.stub().callsFake((randomValues) => {
+          fillRandomValues(randomValues);
 
-      it('generates a challenge code and stores it in session storage', () => {
-        const webex = makeWebex('http://example.com');
+          return randomValues;
+        });
+        const webex = makeWebex(
+          'http://example.com',
+          undefined,
+          undefined,
+          {},
+          getRandomValuesStub
+        );
+
+        getRandomValuesStub.resetHistory();
+        webex.getWindow().sessionStorage.setItem.resetHistory();
+
+        return {getRandomValuesStub, webex};
+      }
 
-        const toStringStub = sinon.stub().returns(expectedCodeChallenge);
-        const randomStub = sinon.stub(lodash, 'random').returns(0);
-        const sha256Stub = sinon.stub(CryptoJS, 'SHA256').returns({
-          toString: toStringStub,
+      it('uses a 128-byte CSPRNG and does not use insecure random generators', () => {
+        const {getRandomValuesStub, webex} = makeWebexWithRandomValues((randomValues) => {
+          randomValues.fill(0);
         });
+        const mathRandomStub = sinon.stub(Math, 'random');
+        const lodashRandomStub = sinon.stub(lodash, 'random');
+
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
+        webex.authorization._generateCodeChallenge();
+
+        const generatedRandomValues = getRandomValuesStub.firstCall.args[0];
+
+        assert.calledOnceWithExactly(getRandomValuesStub, generatedRandomValues);
+        assert.instanceOf(generatedRandomValues, Uint8Array);
+        assert.lengthOf(generatedRandomValues, 128);
+        assert.notCalled(mathRandomStub);
+        assert.notCalled(lodashRandomStub);
+      });
+
+      it('generates a 128-character verifier from the base64url-safe alphabet', () => {
+        const {webex} = makeWebexWithRandomValues((randomValues) => {
+          randomValues.set(times(128, (index) => index));
+        });
+        const expectedVerifier = times(
+          128,
+          (index) => safeCharacterMap[index & (safeCharacterMap.length - 1)]
+        ).join('');
+
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
+        webex.authorization._generateCodeChallenge();
+
+        const storedVerifier = webex.getWindow().sessionStorage.setItem.firstCall.args[1];
+
+        assert.match(storedVerifier, /^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{128}$/);
+        assert.equal(storedVerifier, expectedVerifier);
+      });
+
+      it('stores the verifier and returns its SHA-256 base64url challenge', () => {
+        const {webex} = makeWebexWithRandomValues((randomValues) => {
+          randomValues.fill(42);
+        });
+        const expectedVerifier = safeCharacterMap[42 & (safeCharacterMap.length - 1)].repeat(128);
+        const expectedChallenge = CryptoJS.SHA256(expectedVerifier).toString(
+          CryptoJS.enc.Base64url
+        );
 
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
         const codeChallenge = webex.authorization._generateCodeChallenge();
 
-        assert.equal(codeChallenge, expectedCodeChallenge);
-        assert.calledWith(sha256Stub, expectedVerifier);
-        assert.calledWith(toStringStub, CryptoJS.enc.Base64url);
-        assert.callCount(randomStub, 128);
-        assert.calledWith(randomStub, 0, safeCharacterMap.length - 1);
-        assert.calledWith(
+        assert.calledOnceWithExactly(
           webex.getWindow().sessionStorage.setItem,
           'oauth2-code-verifier',
           expectedVerifier
         );
+        assert.equal(codeChallenge, expectedChallenge);
       });
     });