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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2024-42850

An issue in the password change function of Silverpeas v6.4.2 and lower allows for the bypassing of password complexity requirements.

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CVEs
CVE-2024-42850
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7 Nov 2026, 02:56 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2024-42850

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Aug 2024, 00:00 UTC

An issue in the password change function of Silverpeas v6.4.2 and lower allows for the bypassing of password complexity requirements.

osv:CVE-2024-42850
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42850",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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              "type": "GIT",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:49.009591844Z",
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      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 517552,
  "published_at": "2024-08-16T00:00:00+00:00"
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