Weakness (CWE)
CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
The product uses a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm or protocol.
More detail
Cryptographic algorithms are the methods by which data is scrambled to prevent observation or influence by unauthorized actors. Insecure cryptography can be exploited to expose sensitive information, modify data in unexpected ways, spoof identities of other users or devices, or other impacts.
It is very difficult to produce a secure algorithm, and even high-profile algorithms by accomplished cryptographic experts have been broken. Well-known techniques exist to break or weaken various kinds of cryptography. Accordingly, there are a small number of well-understood and heavily studied algorithms that should be used by most products. Using a non-standard or known-insecure algorithm is dangerous because a determined adversary may be able to break the algorithm and compromise whatever data has been protected.
Since the state of cryptography advances so rapidly, it is common for an algorithm to be considered "unsafe" even if it was once thought to be strong. This can happen when new attacks are discovered, or if computing power increases so much that the cryptographic algorithm no longer provides the amount of protection that was originally thought.
For a number of reasons, this weakness is even more challenging to manage with hardware deployment of cryptographic algorithms as opposed to software implementation. First, if a flaw is discovered with hardware-implemented cryptography, the flaw cannot be fixed in most cases without a recall of the product, because hardware is not easily replaceable like software. Second, because the hardware product is expected to work for years, the adversary's computing power will only increase over time.
How to prevent it (5 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design
When there is a need to store or transmit sensitive data, use strong, up-to-date cryptographic algorithms to encrypt that data. Select a well-vetted algorithm that is currently considered to be strong by experts in the field, and use well-tested implementations. As with all cryptographic mechanisms, the source code should be available for analysis.
For example, US government systems require FIPS 140-2 certification [REF-1192].
Do not develop custom or private cryptographic algorithms. They will likely be exposed to attacks that are well-understood by cryptographers. Reverse engineering techniques are mature. If the algorithm can be compromised if attackers find out how it works, then it is especially weak.
Periodically ensure that the cryptography has not become obsolete. Some older algorithms, once thought to require a billion years of computing time, can now be broken in days or hours. This includes MD4, MD5, SHA1, DES, and other algorithms that were once regarded as strong. [REF-267]
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Architecture and Design
Ensure that the design allows one cryptographic algorithm to be replaced with another in the next generation or version. Where possible, use wrappers to make the interfaces uniform. This will make it easier to upgrade to stronger algorithms. With hardware, design the product at the Intellectual Property (IP) level so that one cryptographic algorithm can be replaced with another in the next generation of the hardware product.
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Architecture and Design
Carefully manage and protect cryptographic keys (see CWE-320). If the keys can be guessed or stolen, then the strength of the cryptography itself is irrelevant.
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Architecture and Design
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid [REF-1482].
Industry-standard implementations will save development time and may be more likely to avoid errors that can occur during implementation of cryptographic algorithms. Consider the ESAPI Encryption feature.
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Implementation, Architecture and Design
When using industry-approved techniques, use them correctly. Don't cut corners by skipping resource-intensive steps (CWE-325). These steps are often essential for preventing common attacks.
Source: MITRE CWE-327
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Low 3.7
IBM Concert Software Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
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Low 3.3
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Low 3.7
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Low 3.7
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Low 2.9
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Cwe-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability in Johnson Controls TL280 allows Cryptanalytic Attack. This issue affects TL280: before 5.63.
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Low 3.1
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Low 3.1
wandb Artifact Integrity Validation hashutil.py ArtifactManifestEntry.download weak hash
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Low 3.7
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Low 3.1
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Low 3.7
exo-explore exo Vision Feature Cache vision.py _image_cache_key weak hash
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Low 3.1
ForceInjection AI-fundermentals Memory Recall smart_customer_service.py get_conversation_history weak hash
A vulnerability has been found in ForceInjection AI-fundermentals 2.0/3.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function get_conversation_history of the file 08_agentic_system/memory/langchain/code/smart_customer_service.py of the component Memory Recall Han…
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Low 3.7
SimStudioAI sim Password Protection deployment.ts weak hash
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Low 3.7
skypilot-org skypilot User ID server.py username.encode weak hash
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Low 2.3
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Low 1.9
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Low 2.5
yoanbernabeu grepai Postgres Embedding Cache chunker.go PostgresStore.LookupByContentHash weak hash
A vulnerability was determined in yoanbernabeu grepai up to 0.35.0. The affected element is the function PostgresStore.LookupByContentHash of the file indexer/chunker.go of the component Postgres Embedding Cache. Executing a manipulation of the argument conte…
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Low 3.6
thedotmack claude-mem Observation Content Hash store.ts computeObservationContentHash weak hash
A weakness has been identified in thedotmack claude-mem up to 11.0.1. The affected element is the function computeObservationContentHash of the file src/services/sqlite/observations/store.ts of the component Observation Content Hash Handler. This manipulation…
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Low 3.6
onnx onnx-mlir Placeholder Node Cache backend.py generate_hash_key weak hash
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Low 3.6
LMCache KV Cache utils.py hex_hash_to_int16 weak hash
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Low 3.6
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Low 3.6
Streamlit Palette hashing.py weak hash
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Low 3.6
MLflow Dataset Digest Computation digest_utils.py mlflow.data.digest_utils weak hash
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Low 3.6
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Low 3.6
PaddlePaddle FastDeploy MultimodalHasher hasher.py hash_features weak hash
A weakness has been identified in PaddlePaddle FastDeploy up to 2.4.1. Affected by this issue is the function hash_features of the file fastdeploy/multimodal/hasher.py of the component MultimodalHasher. Executing a manipulation can lead to use of weak hash. T…
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Low 2.5
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Low 3.6
mlrun DataFrame Hash helpers.py mlrun.utils.helpers.calculate_dataframe_hash weak hash
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Low 3.6
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Low 3.7
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Low 3.4
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In Paramiko through 4.0.0 before a448945, rsakey.py allows the SHA-1 algorithm.
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Low 2.6
chatchat-space Langchain-Chatchat Vision Chat Paste Image dialogue.py PIL.Image.tobytes weak hash
A flaw has been found in chatchat-space Langchain-Chatchat up to 0.3.1.3. This issue affects the function PIL.Image.tobytes of the file libs/chatchat-server/chatchat/webui_pages/dialogue/dialogue.py of the component Vision Chat Paste Image Handler. This manip…
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Low 3.7
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Low 3.7CVE-2026-5682 Public exploit
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Low 3.7
Beetel 777VR1 SSH Service risky encryption
A vulnerability was determined in Beetel 777VR1 up to 01.00.09. This impacts an unknown function of the component SSH Service. This manipulation causes risky cryptographic algorithm. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The attack is considered …
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Low 3.7
Tenda AX9 httpd image_check weak hash
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Low 1.8
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Low 3.7
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Low 3.7
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Low 2.5
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Low 3.1
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Low 1.6
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