CVE-2024-7701 (GCVE-0-2024-7701)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-15 10:56 – Updated: 2024-12-16 16:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Misuse of SHA256 to create an encryption key
Summary
Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort vulnerability in percona percona-toolkit allows Encryption Brute Forcing.This issue affects percona-toolkit: 3.6.0.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-16 16:41 UTC
CWE
- CWE-916 - Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| percona | percona-toolkit |
Affected:
3.6.0
|
guessed |
Date Public
2024-12-15 10:41
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