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CVE-2019-20138 Details

Description

The HTTP Authentication library before 2019-12-27 for Nim has weak password hashing because the default algorithm for libsodium's crypto_pwhash_str is not used.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/FedericoCeratto/nim-httpauth/commit/15fd0686dc363075c08976ad897d6c92e1e6283c	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/FedericoCeratto/nim-httpauth/commit/15fd0686dc363075c08976ad897d6c92e1e6283c	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-327	Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm	[email protected]
CWE-916	Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
http authentication library project http authentication library	< 2019-12-27
CPE cpe:2.3:a:http_authentication_library_project:http_authentication_library::::::nim::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 21, 2021	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Jan 9, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]