CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in HTTP Authentication Library on Nim (Software Library) (affected version not known). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Password Hash Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a inadequate encryption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-326. The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
The HTTP Authentication library before 2019-12-27 for Nim has weak password hashing because the default algorithm for libsodium's crypto_pwhash_str is not used.
The weakness was disclosed 12/30/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-20138 since 12/30/2019. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
Product
Type
Name
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5
VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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Exploiting
Class: Inadequate encryptionCWE: CWE-326 / CWE-310
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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EPSS Percentile: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Patch: github.com
Timeline
12/27/2019 🔍12/30/2019 🔍
12/30/2019 🔍
12/30/2019 🔍
03/18/2024 🔍
Sources
Advisory: 15fd0686dc363075c08976ad897d6c92e1e6283cStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2019-20138 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 12/30/2019 17:08Updated: 03/18/2024 11:04
Changes: 12/30/2019 17:08 (37), 12/30/2019 17:13 (18), 03/18/2024 11:04 (20)
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