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CVE-2011-0009 json

Best Practical Solutions RT 3.x before 3.8.9rc2 and 4.x before 4.0.0rc4 uses the MD5 algorithm for password hashes, which makes it easier f…

published 2011-01-25 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-0036

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Best Practical Solutions RT 3.x before 3.8.9rc2 and 4.x before 4.0.0rc4 uses the MD5 algorithm for password hashes, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to determine cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack on the database.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-0009 updated cvss 3.3

RT3: Insecure hashing algorithm used for storage of user passwords

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.