Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 5, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-10538
CVE-2020-10538
Description
An issue was discovered in Epikur before 20.1.1. It stores the secret passwords of the users as MD5 hashes in the database. MD5 can be brute-forced efficiently and should not be used for such purposes. Additionally, since no salt is used, rainbow tables can speed up the attack.
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Affected products
2- Epikur/Epikurdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2020-003-epikurnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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