CWE-836 Use of Password Hash Instead of Password for Authentication

base

The product records password hashes in a data store, receives a hash of a password from a client, and compares the supplied hash to the hash obtained from the data store.

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parent weaknesses

Broader classes this is a kind of.

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vulnerabilities (30)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2023-34132UScritical9.8Exploit
Use of password hash instead of password for authentication vulnerability in SonicWall GMS and Analytics allows Pass-the-Hash attacks. This issue affects GMS: 9.3.2-SP1 and earlier…
CVE-2017-7927UShigh7.3OT elevated—
A Use of Password Hash Instead of Password for Authentication issue was discovered in Dahua DH-IPC-HDBW23A0RN-ZS, DH-IPC-HDBW13A0SN, DH-IPC-HDW1XXX, DH-IPC-HDW2XXX, DH-IPC-HDW4XXX,…
CVE-2020-5531UScritical9.8—
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC C Controller Module and MELIPC Series MI5000 MELSEC-Q Series C Controller Module(Q24DHCCPU-V, Q24DHCCPU-VG User Ethernet port (CH1, CH2): First 5 digits…
CVE-2023-23450UScritical9.8—
Use of Password Hash Instead of Password for Authentication in SICK FTMg AIR FLOW SENSOR with Partnumbers 1100214, 1100215, 1100216, 1120114, 1120116, 1122524, 1122526 allows an un…
CVE-2021-23857UScritical9.8—
Login with hash: The login routine allows the client to log in to the system not by using the password, but by using the hash of the password. Combined with CVE-2021-23858, this al…
CVE-2019-9217UScritical9.8—
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.6.10, 11.7.x before 11.7.6, and 11.8.x before 11.8.1. Its User Interface has a Misrepresentation of Cri…
CVE-2022-25157UScritical9.1—
Use of Password Hash Instead of Password for Authentication vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5U(C) CPU all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series…
CVE-2022-32282UShigh8.8—
An improper password check exists in the login functionality of WWBN AVideo 11.6 and dev master commit 3f7c0364. An attacker that owns a users' password hash will be able to use it…
CVE-2023-39546UShigh8.8—
CLUSTERPRO X Ver5.1 and earlier and EXPRESSCLUSTER X 5.1 and earlier, CLUSTERPRO X SingleServerSafe 5.1 and earlier, EXPRESSCLUSTER X SingleServerSafe 5.1 and earlier allows a atta…
CVE-2023-23614UShigh8.8—
Pi-hole®'s Web interface (based off of AdminLTE) provides a central location to manage your Pi-hole. Versions 4.0 and above, prior to 5.18.3 are vulnerable to Insufficient Session…
CVE-2022-25155UShigh8.1—
Use of Password Hash Instead of Password for Authentication vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5U(C) CPU all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series…
CVE-2023-4299UShigh8.1—
Digi RealPort Protocol is vulnerable to a replay attack that may allow an attacker to bypass authentication to access connected equipment.
CVE-2026-63158UShigh7.4—
Omnispace Agora Project before 26.10.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows attackers possessing a user's stored bcrypt password hash to authenticate as that…
CVE-2019-25552UShigh7.5—
CEWE PHOTO SHOW 6.4.3 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long buffer to the password field. Atta…
CVE-2025-64471UShigh7.5—
A use of password hash instead of password for authentication vulnerability [CWE-836] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 8.0.0 through 8.0.1, FortiWeb 7.6.0 through 7.6.5, FortiWeb…
CVE-2025-52543UShigh7.5—
E3 Site Supervisor Control (firmware version < 2.31F01) application services (MGW and RCI) uses client side hashing for authentication. An attacker can authenticate by obtaining on…
CVE-2025-48925UShigh7.5—
The TeleMessage service through 2025-05-05 relies on the client side (e.g., the TM SGNL app) to do MD5 hashing, and then accepts the hash as the authentication credential.
CVE-2015-2823USmedium6.8—
Siemens SIMATIC HMI Basic Panels 2nd Generation before WinCC (TIA Portal) 13 SP1 Upd2, SIMATIC HMI Comfort Panels before WinCC (TIA Portal) 13 SP1 Upd2, SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advan…
CVE-2026-40103USmedium5.4OT elevated—
Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Prior to 2.3.0, Vikunja's scoped API token enforcement for custom project background routes is method-confused. A to…
CVE-2023-22334USmedium5.3—
Use of password hash instead of password for authentication vulnerability in CONPROSYS HMI System (CHS) Ver.3.4.5 and earlier allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain user…
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attack patterns (2)

CAPEC attack patterns that exploit this.

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