High severity8.2NVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-1252
CVE-2022-1252
Description
Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in GitHub repository gnuboard/gnuboard5 prior to and including 5.5.5. A vulnerability in gnuboard v5.5.5 and below uses weak encryption algorithms leading to sensitive information exposure. This allows an attacker to derive the email address of any user, including when the 'Let others see my information.' box is ticked off. Or to send emails to any email address, with full control of its contents
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References
2- 0g.vc/posts/insecure-cipher-gnuboard5/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- huntr.dev/bounties/c8c2c3e1-67d0-4a11-a4d4-11af567a9ebbnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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