GHSA-43h9-p3j4-39hm
GitHub Security Advisory
Liferay Portal defaults to a low work factor for the default password hashing algorithm
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HIGH
Has CVE
Advisory Details
The default password hashing algorithm (PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA1) in Liferay Portal 7.2.0 through 7.4.3.15, and older unsupported versions, and Liferay DXP 7.4 before update 16, 7.3 before update 4, 7.2 before fix pack 17, and older unsupported versions defaults to a low work factor, which allows attackers to quickly crack password hashes.
Affected Packages
Maven
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Affected versions:
7.3.0
(fixed in 7.3.10.u4)
Maven
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Affected versions:
0
(fixed in 7.2.10.fp17)
Maven
com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
Affected versions:
7.4.0
(fixed in 7.4.13.u16)
Maven
com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
Affected versions:
0
(fixed in 7.4.3.14)
Maven
com.liferay.portal:com.liferay.portal.kernel
Affected versions:
0
(fixed in 38.0.0)
Related CVEs
Key Information
7.5
/10
Dataset
Last updated: June 18, 2025 6:25 AM
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