Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm
Description
The application was found using an insecure or risky digest or signature algorithm. MD2, MD4, MD5 and SHA1 hash algorithms have been found to be vulnerable to producing collisions. This means that two different values, when hashed, can lead to the same hash value. If the application is trying to use these hash methods for storing passwords, then it is recommended to switch to a password hashing algorithm such as Argon2id or PBKDF2.
Examples
Insecure Code
python
hashlib.md5(...)Secure Code
python
from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes; digest = hashes.Hash(hashes.SHA384()); digest.update(b"some data to hash"); result = digest.finalize()Remediation
Use a secure cryptographic algorithm like SHA-384 from the cryptography package. Example: from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes; digest = hashes.Hash(hashes.SHA384()); digest.update(b"some data to hash"); result = digest.finalize()
Rule Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ID | CODE-0131 |
| Category | Crypto |
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CWE | CWE-327 |
| Confidence | HIGH |
| Impact | HIGH |
| Likelihood | MEDIUM |
| Exploitability | MODERATE |
| Tags | password storage, hash algorithm |
| OWASP | A3:2017-Sensitive Data Exposure, A02:2021-Cryptographic Failures |