# CVE-2020-17494: Untangle Firewall NG before 16.0 uses MD5 for passwords.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-11-12 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Untangle Firewall NG before 16.0 uses MD5 for passwords.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/untangle/ngfw_src/blob/1d232efe2c17a8838b59bbbeaf166dafa94676af/uvm/hier/usr/share/untangle/web/auth/index.py#L196-L200
- https://github.com/untangle/ngfw_src/search?q=author%3Abmastbergen+committer-date%3A2020-08-10&type=commits
- https://wiki.untangle.com/index.php/16.0.0_-_16.0.1_Changelog
- https://pastebin.com/s7UYG3vX

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