CWE-760 10 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-760: Use of a One-Way Hash with a Predictable Salt

Overview

CWE-760 (Use of a One-Way Hash with a Predictable Salt) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

Description

The product uses a one-way cryptographic hash against an input that should not be reversible, such as a password, but the product uses a predictable salt as part of the input.

Background details

Extended context from the CWE catalog (rendered from MITRE XHTML).

In cryptography, salt refers to some random addition of data to an input before hashing to make dictionary attacks more difficult.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2026-46749 2026-06-09 A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC INS (All versions < V1.0 SP2 Update 6). The affected application uses a password hashing implementation with a static, hardcoded salt shared across all use…
CVE-2026-9370 2026-05-24 A weakness has been identified in ulisesbocchio jasypt-spring-boot up to 3.0.5/4.0.4. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getSecretKeySaltGenerator of the file jasypt-spring-boot/src/main/j…
CVE-2025-9290 2026-01-23 An authentication weakness was identified in Omada Controllers, Gateways and Access Points, controller-device adoption due to improper handling of random values. Exploitation requires advanced network…
CVE-2024-13951 2025-05-22 One way hash with predictable salt vulnerabilities in ASPECT may expose sensitive information to a potential attackerThis issue affects ASPECT-Enterprise: through 3.*; NEXUS Series: through 3.*; MATRI…
CVE-2025-26486 2025-03-19 Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm, Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort, Use of Weak Hash, Use of a One-Way Hash with a Predictable Salt vulnerabilities in Beta80 "Life …
CVE-2024-38881 2024-08-02 An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Caterease 16.0.1.1663 through 24.0.1.2405 and possibly later versions, allows a remote attacker to perform a Rainbow Table Password cracking attack due to th…
CVE-2023-22599 2023-01-12 InHand Networks InRouter 302, prior to version IR302 V3.5.56, and InRouter 615, prior to version InRouter6XX-S-V2.3.0.r5542, contain vulnerability CWE-760: Use of a One-way Hash with a Predictable Sa…
CVE-2021-38314 2021-09-02 The Gutenberg Template Library & Redux Framework plugin <= 4.2.11 for WordPress registered several AJAX actions available to unauthenticated users in the `includes` function in `redux-core/class-redux…
CVE-2020-28214 2020-12-11 A CWE-760: Use of a One-Way Hash with a Predictable Salt vulnerability exists in Modicon M221 (all references, all versions), that could allow an attacker to pre-compute the hash value using dictionar…
CVE-2018-5552 2018-03-19 Versions of DocuTrac QuicDoc and Office Therapy that ship with DTISQLInstaller.exe version 1.6.4.0 and prior contains a hard-coded cryptographic salt, "S@l+&pepper".

Content submission

Name
CWE Content Team
Organization
MITRE
Date
2009-03-03
Version
1.3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2009-10-29 CWE Content Team 1.6 updated Observed_Examples, Relationships
2010-02-16 CWE Content Team 1.8 updated References
2011-03-29 CWE Content Team 1.12 updated Observed_Examples
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated References, Relationships
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Potential_Mitigations, References
2013-02-21 CWE Content Team 2.4 updated Description, Potential_Mitigations, References, Relationships, Type
2014-02-18 CWE Content Team 2.6 updated Potential_Mitigations, References
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships
2017-01-19 CWE Content Team 2.10 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Modes_of_Introduction, References, Relationships
2018-03-27 CWE Content Team 3.1 updated References
2019-06-20 CWE Content Team 3.3 updated Type
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Relationships
2021-07-20 CWE Content Team 4.5 updated Maintenance_Notes
2021-10-28 CWE Content Team 4.6 updated Relationships
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Detection_Factors, References, Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-09-09 CWE Content Team 4.18 updated References
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities
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