7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-20013
Openwall Phasing out Hash Function Efficiency
Description

sha256crypt and sha512crypt through 0.6 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) because the algorithm's runtime is proportional to the square of the length of the password.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 19, 2022, 5:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:47 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-20013 has a 8 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-20013 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Sha256crypt_project sha256crypt
1 Sha512crypt_project sha512crypt
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-20013.

URL Resource
https://akkadia.org/drepper/SHA-crypt.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://pthree.org/2018/05/23/do-not-use-sha256crypt-sha512crypt-theyre-dangerous/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/solardiz/status/795601240151457793 Third Party Advisory
https://akkadia.org/drepper/SHA-crypt.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://pthree.org/2018/05/23/do-not-use-sha256crypt-sha512crypt-theyre-dangerous/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/solardiz/status/795601240151457793 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

github runner

Dockerfile Shell

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 4, 2025, 9:38 p.m. This repo has been linked 39 different CVEs too.

Generate Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from virtual machine disk images, without booting the VM.

Python

Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 1, 2025, 7:27 p.m. This repo has been linked 8 different CVEs too.

the repository for aws-spring-boot-api project

Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 18, 2025, 5:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 12 different CVEs too.

Simple tool for scanning container images for CVE's

Shell

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 23, 2023, 10:44 a.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.

Combining the best - Canonical's Chisel with consumable SBOMs!

Dockerfile Makefile Python Go

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 8, 2023, 3:42 a.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

Ubuntu container with GMT timezone, GB locale and additional tools preinstalled.

Dockerfile Shell

Updated: 2 years, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 13, 2022, 12:30 p.m. This repo has been linked 14 different CVEs too.

Toolkit for k8s administrators/developers.

Dockerfile Shell

Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 10, 2022, 10:30 p.m. This repo has been linked 33 different CVEs too.

Unifi Controller (DB included)

Dockerfile Shell

Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago
16 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : March 11, 2018, 2:36 p.m. This repo has been linked 30 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-20013 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-20013 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://akkadia.org/drepper/SHA-crypt.txt
    Added Reference https://pthree.org/2018/05/23/do-not-use-sha256crypt-sha512crypt-theyre-dangerous/
    Added Reference https://twitter.com/solardiz/status/795601240151457793
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 03, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sha256crypt_project:sha256crypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.6 *cpe:2.3:a:sha512crypt_project:sha2512crypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.6 OR *cpe:2.3:a:sha256crypt_project:sha256crypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.6 *cpe:2.3:a:sha512crypt_project:sha512crypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.6
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://akkadia.org/drepper/SHA-crypt.txt No Types Assigned https://akkadia.org/drepper/SHA-crypt.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://pthree.org/2018/05/23/do-not-use-sha256crypt-sha512crypt-theyre-dangerous/ No Types Assigned https://pthree.org/2018/05/23/do-not-use-sha256crypt-sha512crypt-theyre-dangerous/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://twitter.com/solardiz/status/795601240151457793 No Types Assigned https://twitter.com/solardiz/status/795601240151457793 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-770
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sha256crypt_project:sha256crypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.6 *cpe:2.3:a:sha512crypt_project:sha2512crypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.6
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.19 }} -0.10%

score

0.41598

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