CWE-916
Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort
Description
The product generates a hash for a password, but it uses a scheme that does not provide a sufficient level of computational effort that would make password cracking attacks infeasible or expensive.
Hierarchy (View 1000)
Related attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-55
CVEs mapped to this weakness (133)
page 4 of 7| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
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| CVE-2026-5040 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Jul 14, 2026 | TP-Link Deco M5 v1 uses a weak password hashing mechanism to store user credentials. An attacker who obtains the password hash through system compromise or privileged access could perform brute-force or dictionary attacks. Successful exploitation may result in disclosure of… | ||
| CVE-2025-41692 | Med | 0.44 | 6.8 | 0.00 | Dec 9, 2025 | A high privileged remote attacker with admin privileges for the webUI can brute-force the "root" and "user" passwords of the underlying OS due to a weak password generation algorithm. | ||
| CVE-2021-22741 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | May 26, 2021 | Use of Password Hash with Insufficient Computational Effort vulnerability exists in ClearSCADA (all versions), EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2019 (all versions), and EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2020 (V83.7742.1 and prior), which could cause the revealing of account credentials… | ||
| CVE-2026-81704 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Aug 27, 2026 | openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 contain a weak key derivation vulnerability in the D-Bus CryptoService.EncryptFile handler that uses unstretched SHA-256 instead of Argon2id. Attackers can perform offline password guessing against encrypted files roughly six to seven orders… | ||
| CVE-2026-81689 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Aug 27, 2026 | openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 derive the remote-pepper wrap key using unsalted HKDF-SHA256 or bare SHA-256 of the password, allowing identical keys across all users and files. Attackers with access to wrapped pepper blobs can precompute a single dictionary table and… | ||
| CVE-2025-24340 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Apr 30, 2025 | A vulnerability in the users configuration file of ctrlX OS may allow a remote authenticated (low-privileged) attacker to recover the plaintext passwords of other users. | ||
| CVE-2023-27580 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Mar 13, 2023 | CodeIgniter Shield provides authentication and authorization for the CodeIgniter 4 PHP framework. An improper implementation was found in the password storage process. All hashed passwords stored in Shield v1.0.0-beta.3 or earlier are easier to crack than expected due to the… | ||
| CVE-2022-24041 | Med | 0.42 | 6.5 | 0.00 | May 10, 2022 | A vulnerability has been identified in Desigo DXR2 (All versions < V01.21.142.5-22), Desigo PXC3 (All versions < V01.21.142.4-18), Desigo PXC4 (All versions < V02.20.142.10-10884), Desigo PXC5 (All versions < V02.20.142.10-10884). The web application stores the PBKDF2 derived… | ||
| CVE-2021-39182 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Nov 8, 2021 | EnroCrypt is a Python module for encryption and hashing. Prior to version 1.1.4, EnroCrypt used the MD5 hashing algorithm in the hashing file. Beginners who are unfamiliar with hashes can face problems as MD5 is considered an insecure hashing algorithm. The vulnerability is… | ||
| CVE-2017-18917 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Jun 19, 2020 | An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.8.2, 3.7.5, and 3.6.7. Weak hashing was used for e-mail invitations, OAuth, and e-mail verification tokens. | ||
| CVE-2026-74871 | Med | 0.40 | 6.2 | 0.00 | Aug 17, 2026 | openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.6 contain a key derivation flaw in sequential XOR composition mode where the last stage cancels out during key generation. When configured with a single KDF and no prior hashing stage, attackers can bypass memory-hard key derivation and… | ||
| CVE-2025-13532 | Med | 0.40 | 6.2 | 0.00 | Dec 16, 2025 | Insecure defaults in the Server Agent component of Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) can result in the selection of weak password hash algorithms. This issue affects BoKS Server Agent 9.0 instances that support yescrypt and are running in a BoKS 8.1 domain. | ||
| CVE-2022-47557 | Med | 0.40 | 6.1 | 0.00 | Sep 19, 2023 | Vulnerability in ekorCCP and ekorRCI that could allow an attacker with access to the network where the device is located to decrypt the credentials of privileged users, and subsequently gain access to the system to perform malicious actions. | ||
| CVE-2021-26113 | Med | 0.40 | 6.2 | 0.00 | Apr 6, 2022 | A use of a one-way hash with a predictable salt vulnerability [CWE-760] in FortiWAN before 4.5.9 may allow an attacker who has previously come in possession of the password file to potentially guess passwords therein stored. | ||
| CVE-2025-26486 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.00 | Mar 19, 2025 | Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm, Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort, Use of Weak Hash, Use of a One-Way Hash with a Predictable Salt vulnerabilities in Beta80 "Life 1st Identity Manager" enable an attacker with access to password hashes to… | ||
| CVE-2021-32596 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.00 | Aug 4, 2021 | A use of one-way hash with a predictable salt vulnerability in the password storing mechanism of FortiPortal 6.0.0 through 6.04 may allow an attacker already in possession of the password store to decrypt the passwords by means of precomputed tables. | ||
| CVE-2026-90457 | Med | 0.38 | — | 0.00 | Sep 11, 2026 | The administrative password is hashed using a comparatively weak, fast algorithm for the credential store backing one authentication path, and the file containing that hash is written with permissions allowing it to be read by any local user. This is inconsistent with a… | ||
| CVE-2026-80211 | Med | 0.38 | 5.9 | 0.00 | Aug 27, 2026 | FrontAccounting through 2.4.20 stores and verifies user passwords as unsalted MD5 digests. admin/users.php passes md5($_POST['password']) to add_user() and update_user_password(), admin/change_current_user_password.php does the same when a user changes their own password, the… | ||
| CVE-2022-26115 | Med | 0.38 | 5.9 | 0.00 | Feb 16, 2023 | A use of password hash with insufficient computational effort vulnerability [CWE-916] in FortiSandbox before 4.2.0 may allow an attacker with access to the password database to efficiently mount bulk guessing attacks to recover the passwords. | ||
| CVE-2017-11131 | Med | 0.38 | 5.9 | 0.01 | Aug 1, 2017 | An issue was discovered in heinekingmedia StashCat through 1.7.5 for Android, through 0.0.80w for Web, and through 0.0.86 for Desktop. For authentication, the user password is hashed directly with SHA-512 without a salt or another key-derivation mechanism to enable a secure… |
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
TP-Link Deco M5 v1 uses a weak password hashing mechanism to store user credentials. An attacker who obtains the password hash through system compromise or privileged access could perform brute-force or dictionary attacks. Successful exploitation may result in disclosure of…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.8epss 0.00
A high privileged remote attacker with admin privileges for the webUI can brute-force the "root" and "user" passwords of the underlying OS due to a weak password generation algorithm.
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
Use of Password Hash with Insufficient Computational Effort vulnerability exists in ClearSCADA (all versions), EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2019 (all versions), and EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert 2020 (V83.7742.1 and prior), which could cause the revealing of account credentials…
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.00
openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 contain a weak key derivation vulnerability in the D-Bus CryptoService.EncryptFile handler that uses unstretched SHA-256 instead of Argon2id. Attackers can perform offline password guessing against encrypted files roughly six to seven orders…
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.00
openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 derive the remote-pepper wrap key using unsalted HKDF-SHA256 or bare SHA-256 of the password, allowing identical keys across all users and files. Attackers with access to wrapped pepper blobs can precompute a single dictionary table and…
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.00
A vulnerability in the users configuration file of ctrlX OS may allow a remote authenticated (low-privileged) attacker to recover the plaintext passwords of other users.
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.01
CodeIgniter Shield provides authentication and authorization for the CodeIgniter 4 PHP framework. An improper implementation was found in the password storage process. All hashed passwords stored in Shield v1.0.0-beta.3 or earlier are easier to crack than expected due to the…
- risk 0.42cvss 6.5epss 0.00
A vulnerability has been identified in Desigo DXR2 (All versions < V01.21.142.5-22), Desigo PXC3 (All versions < V01.21.142.4-18), Desigo PXC4 (All versions < V02.20.142.10-10884), Desigo PXC5 (All versions < V02.20.142.10-10884). The web application stores the PBKDF2 derived…
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.01
EnroCrypt is a Python module for encryption and hashing. Prior to version 1.1.4, EnroCrypt used the MD5 hashing algorithm in the hashing file. Beginners who are unfamiliar with hashes can face problems as MD5 is considered an insecure hashing algorithm. The vulnerability is…
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.01
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 3.8.2, 3.7.5, and 3.6.7. Weak hashing was used for e-mail invitations, OAuth, and e-mail verification tokens.
- risk 0.40cvss 6.2epss 0.00
openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.6 contain a key derivation flaw in sequential XOR composition mode where the last stage cancels out during key generation. When configured with a single KDF and no prior hashing stage, attackers can bypass memory-hard key derivation and…
- risk 0.40cvss 6.2epss 0.00
Insecure defaults in the Server Agent component of Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) can result in the selection of weak password hash algorithms. This issue affects BoKS Server Agent 9.0 instances that support yescrypt and are running in a BoKS 8.1 domain.
- risk 0.40cvss 6.1epss 0.00
Vulnerability in ekorCCP and ekorRCI that could allow an attacker with access to the network where the device is located to decrypt the credentials of privileged users, and subsequently gain access to the system to perform malicious actions.
- risk 0.40cvss 6.2epss 0.00
A use of a one-way hash with a predictable salt vulnerability [CWE-760] in FortiWAN before 4.5.9 may allow an attacker who has previously come in possession of the password file to potentially guess passwords therein stored.
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.00
Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm, Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort, Use of Weak Hash, Use of a One-Way Hash with a Predictable Salt vulnerabilities in Beta80 "Life 1st Identity Manager" enable an attacker with access to password hashes to…
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.00
A use of one-way hash with a predictable salt vulnerability in the password storing mechanism of FortiPortal 6.0.0 through 6.04 may allow an attacker already in possession of the password store to decrypt the passwords by means of precomputed tables.
- risk 0.38cvss —epss 0.00
The administrative password is hashed using a comparatively weak, fast algorithm for the credential store backing one authentication path, and the file containing that hash is written with permissions allowing it to be read by any local user. This is inconsistent with a…
- risk 0.38cvss 5.9epss 0.00
FrontAccounting through 2.4.20 stores and verifies user passwords as unsalted MD5 digests. admin/users.php passes md5($_POST['password']) to add_user() and update_user_password(), admin/change_current_user_password.php does the same when a user changes their own password, the…
- risk 0.38cvss 5.9epss 0.00
A use of password hash with insufficient computational effort vulnerability [CWE-916] in FortiSandbox before 4.2.0 may allow an attacker with access to the password database to efficiently mount bulk guessing attacks to recover the passwords.
- risk 0.38cvss 5.9epss 0.01
An issue was discovered in heinekingmedia StashCat through 1.7.5 for Android, through 0.0.80w for Web, and through 0.0.86 for Desktop. For authentication, the user password is hashed directly with SHA-512 without a salt or another key-derivation mechanism to enable a secure…