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Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVE-2021-38461

Severity Medium
Score 6.4/10

Summary

The affected product uses a hard-coded blowfish key for encryption/decryption processes. The key can be easily extracted from binaries.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials

The software contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published