CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-46133

9.1 CRITICAL Published 2023-10-25 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-10-25
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-327, CWE-328, CWE-916

Description

CryptoES is a cryptography algorithms library compatible with ES6 and TypeScript. Prior to version 2.1.0, CryptoES PBKDF2 is 1,000 times weaker than originally specified in 1993, and at least 1,300,000 times weaker than current industry standard. This is because it both defaults to SHA1, a cryptographic hash algorithm considered insecure since at least 2005, and defaults to one single iteration, a 'strength' or 'difficulty' value specified at 1,000 when specified in 1993. PBKDF2 relies on iteration count as a countermeasure to preimage and collision attacks. If used to protect passwords, the impact is high. If used to generate signatures, the impact is high. Version 2.1.0 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, configure CryptoES to use SHA256 with at least 250,000 iterations.

Affected configurations

• entronad cryptoes (< 2.1.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (3)

  • CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm weakness
  • CWE-328 Use of Weak Hash weakness
  • CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort weakness

References