CVE-2016-6485

HIGH

Magento 2 - Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Framework/Encryption/Crypt.php

Title source: llm

Description

The __construct function in Framework/Encryption/Crypt.php in Magento 2 uses the PHP rand function to generate a random number for the initialization vector, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by guessing the value.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/magento/magento2/pull/15017

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/3

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/27/14

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 24.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-327

Status published

Products (3)

magento/community-edition 2.0 - 2.2.6Packagist

magento/magento2

magento/project-community-edition 2.0Packagist

Published Mar 01, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026