OpenSlides 4.0.15 weak hash

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in OpenSlides 4.0.15. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to weak hash. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-22892. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in OpenSlides 4.0.15. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a weak hash vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-328. The product uses an algorithm that produces a digest (output value) that does not meet security expectations for a hash function that allows an adversary to reasonably determine the original input (preimage attack), find another input that can produce the same hash (2nd preimage attack), or find multiple inputs that evaluate to the same hash (birthday attack). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

OpenSlides 4.0.15 was discovered to be using a weak hashing algorithm to store passwords.

The advisory is shared for download at gist.github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-22892 since 01/11/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.001.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-0129). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• OpenSlides

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• 4.0.15

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