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Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

CVE-2017-18917

High
7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server versions prior to 3.6.7, 3.7.x prior to 3.7.5 and 3.8.x prior to 3.8.1. Weak hashing was used for e-mail invitations, OAuth, and e-mail verification tokens.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-916 - Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

The software 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.

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  • Published