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Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-321

Allowed

Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Abstraction: Variant · Status: Draft

The product uses a hard-coded, unchangeable cryptographic key.

581 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-XXR7-33FP-84C2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-22 21:31 – Updated: 2024-08-22 21:31
VLAI
Details

Avtec Outpost uses a default cryptographic key that can be used to decrypt sensitive information.

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  "id": "GHSA-xxr7-33fp-84c2",
  "modified": "2024-08-22T21:31:29Z",
  "published": "2024-08-22T21:31:29Z",
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Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Prevention schemes mirror that of hard-coded password storage.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.