CWE-916 114 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-916: Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

Overview

CWE-916 (Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort) 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 generates a hash for a password, but it uses a scheme that does not provide a sufficient level of computational effort that would make password cracking attacks infeasible or expensive.

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-2026-25861 2026-06-02 QloApps through 1.7.0, fixed in commit 64e9722, contains a weak cryptographic algorithm vulnerability that allows attackers to compromise user credentials by exploiting the use of MD5 for password has…
CVE-2026-44611 2026-05-29 Danelec MacGregor Voyage Data Recorder passwords are stored with a hashing method which limits password length and is susceptible to brute force attacks.
CVE-2026-45787 2026-05-28 electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. Prior to 3.9.5, deterministic AES-192-CBC with a fixed zero IV, constant KDF salt, and no MAC leads to confide…
CVE-2026-45027 2026-05-27 WeGIA is a web manager for charitable institutions. In versions prior to 3.7.3, when a user logs in, html/login.php hashes the submitted password using PHP's hash() function with the SHA-256 algorithm…
CVE-2026-30790 2026-03-05 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts, Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort vulnerability in rustdesk-server-pro RustDesk Server Pro rustdesk-server-pro on W…
CVE-2026-30789 2026-03-05 Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay, Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort vulnerability in rustdesk-client RustDesk Client rustdesk-client on Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, And…
CVE-2026-30785 2026-03-05 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution'), Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort vulnerability in rustdesk-client RustDesk Client …
CVE-2025-67168 2025-12-17 RiteCMS v3.1.0 was discovered to use insecure encryption to store passwords.
CVE-2025-13532 2025-12-16 Insecure defaults in the Server Agent component of Fortra's Core Privileged Access Manager (BoKS) can result in the selection of weak password hash algorithms.  This issue affects BoKS Server Agent 9.…
CVE-2025-41692 2025-12-09 A high privileged remote attacker with admin privileges for the webUI can brute-force the "root" and "user" passwords of the underlying OS due to a weak password generation algorithm.
CVE-2025-46413 2025-11-07 Use of password hash with insufficient computational effort issue exists in BUFFALO Wi-Fi router 'WSR-1800AX4 series'. When WPS is enabled, PIN code and/or Wi-Fi password may be obtained by an attacke…
CVE-2025-7789 2025-07-18 A vulnerability was found in Xuxueli xxl-job up to 3.1.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function makeToken of the file src/main/java/com/xxl/job/admin/controller/IndexCon…
CVE-2025-3937 2025-05-22 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort vulnerability in Tridium Niagara Framework on Windows, Linux, QNX, Tridium Niagara Enterprise Security on Windows, Linux, QNX allows Cryptan…
CVE-2025-24340 2025-04-30 A vulnerability in the users configuration file of ctrlX OS may allow a remote authenticated (low-privileged) attacker to recover the plaintext passwords of other users.
CVE-2025-27552 2025-03-26 DBIx::Class::EncodedColumn use the rand() function, which is not cryptographically secure to salt password hashes. This vulnerability is associated with program files Crypt/Eksblowfish/Bcrypt.pm. Th…
CVE-2025-27551 2025-03-26 DBIx::Class::EncodedColumn use the rand() function, which is not cryptographically secure to salt password hashes. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/DBIx/Class/EncodedColumn/Dig…
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-2025-2349 2025-03-16 A vulnerability was found in IROAD Dash Cam FX2 up to 20250308. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /etc/passwd of the component…
CVE-2025-2265 2025-03-13 The password of a web user in "Sante PACS Server.exe" is zero-padded to 0x2000 bytes, SHA1-hashed, base64-encoded, and stored in the USER table in the SQLite database HTTP.db. However, the number of h…
CVE-2023-33838 2025-01-29 IBM Security Verify Governance 10.0.2 Identity Manager uses a one-way cryptographic hash against an input that should not be reversible, such as a password, but the product does not also use a salt …

Content submission

Name
CWE Content Team
Organization
MITRE
Date
2013-01-28
Version
2.4
Comment
Created with input from members of the secure password hashing community.

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2014-02-18 CWE Content Team 2.6 updated Potential_Mitigations, References
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Detection_Factors
2017-01-19 CWE Content Team 2.10 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Modes_of_Introduction, References, Relationships
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Description
2019-06-20 CWE Content Team 3.3 updated Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Relationships
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 References, Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes, Relationships
2024-02-29 CWE Content Team 4.14 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2025-09-09 CWE Content Team 4.18 updated Detection_Factors, References
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Relationships
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