CWE-257
Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format
The storage of passwords in a recoverable format makes them subject to password reuse attacks by malicious users. In fact, it should be noted that recoverable encrypted passwords provide no significant benefit over plaintext passwords since they are subject not only to reuse by malicious attackers but also by malicious insiders. If a system administrator can recover a password directly, or use a brute force search on the available information, the administrator can use the password on other accounts.
CVE-2026-22614 (GCVE-0-2026-22614)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-10 10:24 – Updated: 2026-03-10 13:49
VLAI
Summary
The encryption mechanism used in Eaton's EasySoft project file was insecure and susceptible to brute force attacks, an attacker with access to this file and the local host
machine could potentially read the sensitive information stored and tamper with the project file. This security issue has been fixed in the latest version of Eaton EasySoft which is available on the Eaton download centre.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-257 - Storing passwords in a recoverable format
Assigner
References
1 reference
Date Public
2026-03-10 10:06
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CVE-2026-30785 (GCVE-0-2026-30785)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-05 16:04 – Updated: 2026-03-06 10:32
VLAI
Title
RustDesk Encrypts Local Passwords with World-Readable Machine ID and Fixed Zero Nonce (XSalsa20-Poly1305)
Summary
Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution'), Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort vulnerability in rustdesk-client RustDesk Client rustdesk, hbb_common on Windows, MacOS, Linux (Password security module, config encryption, machine UID modules) allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. This vulnerability is associated with program files hbb_common/src/password_security.Rs, hbb_common/src/config.Rs, hbb_common/src/lib.Rs (get_uuid), machine-uid/src/lib.Rs and program routines symmetric_crypt(), encrypt_str_or_original(), decrypt_str_or_original(), get_uuid(), get_machine_id().
This issue affects RustDesk Client: through 1.4.5.
Severity
CWE
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/discussions/9229 | technical-descriptionx_--config documentation |
| https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/discussions/4979 | technical-descriptionx_--config documentation |
| https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSds6… | third-party-advisoryexploit |
| https://www.vulsec.org/ | vdb-entrythird-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| rustdesk-client | RustDesk Client |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.4.5
(custom)
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Date Public
2026-03-05 13:45
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Mitigation
Phase: Architecture and Design
Description:
- Use strong, non-reversible encryption to protect stored passwords.
CAPEC-49: Password Brute Forcing
An adversary tries every possible value for a password until they succeed. A brute force attack, if feasible computationally, will always be successful because it will essentially go through all possible passwords given the alphabet used (lower case letters, upper case letters, numbers, symbols, etc.) and the maximum length of the password.