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Use of Password Hash Instead of Password for Authentication

CWE-836

The product includes a client that computes a hash of a password and sends the hash to another component, which compares the supplied hash to the hash obtained from a data store of password hashes.

We track 12 vulnerabilities of this type. 100% are rated high or critical, and the average CVSS score is 8.4.

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