VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-20013

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-02-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

sha256crypt and sha512crypt through 0.6 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) because the algorithm's runtime is proportional to the square of the length of the password.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Primary references