CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-46233

9.1 CRITICAL Published 2023-10-25 Modified 2026-06-23 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-10-25
Last modified
2026-06-23
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

crypto-js is a JavaScript library of crypto standards. Prior to version 4.2.0, crypto-js 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 4.2.0 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, configure crypto-js to use SHA256 with at least 250,000 iterations.

Affected configurations

• crypto-js project crypto-js (< 4.2.0)

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