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Critical USN-6753-1 1 CVE

cryptojs vulnerability

Published Apr 25, 2024 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

Thomas Neil James Shadwell discovered that CryptoJS was using an insecure
cryptographic default configuration. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to expose sensitive information.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS cryptojs 3.1.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.20.04.1
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS cryptojs 3.1.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS cryptojs 3.1.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 22.04 LTS Pro:22.04:LTS cryptojs 3.1.2+dfsg-3ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Critical 9.1
    CVE-2023-46233

    crypto-js PBKDF2 1,000 times weaker than specified in 1993 and 1.3M times weaker than current standard

    crypto-js is a JavaScript library of crypto standards. Prior to version 4.2.0, crypto-js PBKDF2 is 1,000 times weaker than originally specified in 1993, and at least 1,300,000 times weaker than current industry standard. This is because it both defaults to SH…

    brix crypto-js crypto-js cryptojs Debian Ubuntu npm

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-46233