Advisory record · GHSA-8vh3-29mr-m9xg

Inadequate Encryption Strength in showdoc

CVSS 5.3 MediumEPSS 0.0046 · 40th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 1 Sept 2021, 18:31 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
showdoc/showdocPackagist<=2.9.8No fixed version yet
Identifiers
GHSA-8vh3-29mr-m9xg · CVE-2021-3680 · PKSA-b6nc-w1hf-vxyh
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-325 · CWE-326 · CWE-347
Published
1 Sept 2021
Updated
8 Nov 2023

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

showdoc/showdoc versions up to and including 2.9.8 are affected. The source describes a hardcoded salt in the user password hashing function, but gives few other details about how it can be exploited. No fixed version is listed. The source does not describe a workaround.

Written 5 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
5.3 Medium 3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CNA (@huntrdev)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0046, the 40th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:33 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:33 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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