# CVE-2024-24553: Bludit uses SHA1 as Password Hashing Algorithm

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-06-24 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- Bludit: 2.0

## Description

Bludit uses the SHA-1 hashing algorithm to compute password hashes. Thus, attackers could determine cleartext passwords with brute-force attacks due to the inherent speed of SHA-1. In addition, the salt that is computed by Bludit is generated with a non-cryptographically secure function.

## What to do

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

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## References

- https://www.redguard.ch/blog/2024/06/20/security-advisory-bludit/

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