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Http Authentication Library Project

First CVE: Dec 30, 2019Active for: 7 yearsTotal CVEs: 1

The Http Authentication Library Project maintains a specialized cryptographic library focused on HTTP authentication mechanisms, with a narrow product scope centered on its core authentication library. Observed vulnerabilities cluster around password-hashing and cryptographic implementation weaknesses, including insufficient computational effort in hash functions and reliance on broken or risky cryptographic algorithms—issues endemic to libraries handling credential material. Current severity, exploitation activity, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.

FAUCET AI Generated
1
Total CVEs
Bottom 1%
1.0
Avg CVEs / Product / Year
More Avg CVEs / Product / Year than 12% of tracked vendors
7.5
Avg CVSS Score
Higher Avg CVSS Score than 57% of tracked vendors
0.0%
In CISA KEV
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Http Authentication Library Project over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Dec 30, 2019
6 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Dec 30, 2019
2,398 days ago

Products(1 total)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).

1 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
CVE-2019-20138HIGH
The HTTP Authentication library before 2019-12-27 for Nim has weak password hashing because the default algorithm for libsodium's crypto_pwhash_str is not used.
Dec 30, 20197.523NONO
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CVE Severity & Scoring

Severity distribution of CVEs that affect this vendor's products1 CVEs
100%
Severity distribution among all CVEs352,231 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
High
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network1 (100.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low1 (100.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
User Interaction
None1 (100.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None1 (100.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%

Social Chatter

An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Http Authentication Library Project.

Media Mentions

Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Http Authentication Library Project — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Http Authentication Library Project's Products

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Top CWEs