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Weak Password Requirements

CWE-521

The product does not require that users should have strong passwords.

We track 81 vulnerabilities of this type. 100% are rated high or critical, and the average CVSS score is 8.6. 1 has been exploited in real attacks.

How this weakness is prevented

  • Architecture and Design: Consider a second authentication factor beyond the password, which prevents the password from being a single point of failure. See CWE-308 for further information.
  • Implementation: Consider implementing a password complexity meter to inform users when a chosen password meets the required attributes.

Latest Weak Password Requirements vulnerabilities

  • 7.0 High severity

    TeamViewer Desktop Bypass Remote Login Exploited

    CVE-2019-18988TeamViewerEPSS 4.71%

    TeamViewer Desktop through 14.7.1965 allows a bypass of remote-login access control because the same key is used for different customers' installations. It used a shared AES key for all installations since at least as far back as v7.0.43148, and used it for at