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admin3 through 3.0.0 Weak Password Hashing via Single-Round MD5

Type: advisorySources: OSV

admin3 through 3.0.0 stores account passwords using single-round MD5 with only the username as salt and no key derivation function. Attackers with database access can recover plaintext passwords through offline dictionary or brute-force attacks due to negligible computational effort.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-92921
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 04:32 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

admin3 through 3.0.0 Weak Password Hashing via Single-Round MD5

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Sept 2026, 12:33 UTC

admin3 through 3.0.0 stores account passwords using single-round MD5 with only the username as salt and no key derivation function. Attackers with database access can recover plaintext passwords through offline dictionary or brute-force attacks due to negligible computational effort.

osv:CVE-2026-92921
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-92921",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "admin3 through 3.0.0 Weak Password Hashing via Single-Round MD5",
    "summary": "admin3 through 3.0.0 stores account passwords using single-round MD5 with only the username as salt and no key derivation function. Attackers with database access can recover plaintext passwords through offline dictionary or brute-force attacks due to negligible computational effort.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:25.702332337Z",
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        "https://github.com/cjbi/admin3",
        "https://github.com/cjbi/admin3/blob/3.0.0/admin3-server/src/main/java/tech/wetech/admin3/common/SecurityUtil.java",
        "https://github.com/cjbi/admin3/blob/3.0.0/admin3-server/src/main/java/tech/wetech/admin3/sys/model/UserCredential.java",
        "https://github.com/LinYuanyi1/cve-request-poc/blob/master/admin3/C08_md5_credential_hashing.py"
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  "document_id": 492476,
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