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Cogent DataHub before 7.3.5 does not use a salt during...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 3, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Cogent DataHub before 7.3.5 does not use a salt during password hashing, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 30, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Oct 3, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(28th percentile)

Weaknesses

Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

The product generates a hash for a password, but it uses a scheme that does not provide a sufficient level of computational effort that would make password cracking attacks infeasible or expensive. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2014-2354

GHSA ID

GHSA-xmw2-2pgj-jq4h

Source code

No known source code

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