Use of a One-Way Hash without a Salt in OnlineVotingSystem
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
OnlineVotingSystem is an open source project hosted on GitHub. OnlineVotingSystem before version 1.1.2 hashes user passwords without a salt, which is vulnerable to dictionary attacks. Therefore there is a threat of security breach in the voting system. Without a salt, it is much easier for attackers to pre-compute the hash value using dictionary attack techniques such as rainbow tables to crack passwords. This problem is fixed and published in version 1.1.2. A long randomly generated salt is added to the password hash function to better protect passwords stored in the voting system.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dbijaya | OnlineVotingSystem | before 1.1.2 | 1.1.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- OnlineVotingSystem Vendordbijaya Affected before 1.1.2 Fixed in 1.1.2 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:onlinevotingsystem_project:onlinevotingsystem:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.1.2 | Vulnerable | Onlinevotingsystem Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:onlinevotingsystem_project:onlinevotingsystem:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.1.2 Vulnerable ·Onlinevotingsystem Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA OnlineVotingSystem (dbijaya) Fixed in 1.1.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-21253
References
Sources
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