Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-26486

Crypto Weakness

Published
19 March 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 6.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0011 2th percentile
Risk Priority 38 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-26486 is a medium-severity Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm (CWE-327) vulnerability in Europa (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 6.0 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique OS Credential Dumping (T1003); ranked at the 2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-13 (Cryptographic Protection) and IA-5 (Authenticator Management) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm, Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort, Use of Weak Hash, Use of a One-Way Hash with a Predictable Salt vulnerabilities in Beta80 "Life 1st Identity Manager" enable an attacker with access to password…

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hashes to bruteforce user passwords or find a collision to ultimately while attempting to gain access to a target application that uses "Life 1st Identity Manager" as a service for authentication. This issue affects Life 1st: 1.5.2.14234.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1003 OS Credential Dumping Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump credentials to obtain account login and credential material, normally in the form of a hash or a clear text password.
T1110 Brute Force Credential Access
Adversaries may use brute force techniques to gain access to accounts when passwords are unknown or when password hashes are obtained.
T1110.002 Password Cracking Credential Access
Adversaries may use password cracking to attempt to recover usable credentials, such as plaintext passwords, when credential material such as password hashes are obtained.
T1555 Credentials from Password Stores Credential Access
Adversaries may search for common password storage locations to obtain user credentials.
T1555.005 Password Managers Credential Access
Adversaries may acquire user credentials from third-party password managers.
T1557 Adversary-in-the-Middle Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to position themselves between two or more networked devices using an adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) technique to support follow-on behaviors such as [Network Sniffing](https://attack.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-46133Shared CWE-327, CWE-328
CVE-2023-46233Shared CWE-327, CWE-328
CVE-2023-0452Shared CWE-327, CWE-328
CVE-2026-14738Shared CWE-327, CWE-328
CVE-2026-13510Shared CWE-327, CWE-328
CVE-2025-11650Shared CWE-327, CWE-328
CVE-2024-55885Shared CWE-327, CWE-328
CVE-2024-40465Shared CWE-327, CWE-328
CVE-2025-8260Shared CWE-327, CWE-328
CVE-2026-13482Shared CWE-327, CWE-328

Affected Assets

Europa
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 13 hardening rules · 6 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V11.2.3
  • V6.5.2
  • V11.4.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SC-13 requires selection and implementation of specific cryptography types, directly stopping use of broken algorithms.

Authenticator management requires secure generation, distribution, and storage of passwords, directly enforcing computationally expensive hashing schemes.

Protection of information at rest requires cryptographic safeguards on stored password hashes, reducing exposure to offline cracking.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 full match
prevents

Secure-SDLC requirements explicitly forbid weak cryptographic algorithms, fully preventing CWE-328 while covering only one aspect of development practice.

PR.DS-01 mostly match
prevents

Proper data-at-rest integrity protection requires strong cryptographic hashes, directly blocking weak-hash usage.

PR.DS-02 mostly match
prevents

Data-in-transit integrity likewise depends on strong hashes, so the control prevents the weakness while the weakness only partially satisfies the outcome.

PR.AA-03 partial match
prevents

Authentication policies may reference password handling but do not address storage or computational cost of hashes.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Mandating approved algorithms, cipher strength and usage standards directly stops the selection of broken or weak cryptographic primitives that attackers can exploit.

finds

Security testing can detect weak-hash usage but does not prescribe algorithm choice.

degrades

Requires secure handling of authentication information, which includes choosing strong password hashing schemes.

prevents

The explicit call-out of cryptography-related legal constraints (import/export, key escrow, digital-signature validity) reduces the likelihood that an organization will adopt broken or non-compliant cryptographic algorithms that violate those rules.

prevents

Access to current specialist guidance and early vulnerability alerts enables timely replacement of broken or risky cryptographic algorithms with stronger alternatives.

prevents

Secure development life cycle includes secure coding practices that would catch predictable-salt usage during design and implementation.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (1 rule)
  • V-248524 OL 8 must implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography for the following: To provision digital signatures, to generate cryptographic hashes, and to protect data requiring data-at-rest protections in accordance with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, and standards. prevents CWE-327
Windows 10 (1 rule)
  • V-220937 The system must be configured to prevent the storage of the LAN Manager hash of passwords. prevents CWE-327, CWE-328
Windows 11 (1 rule)
  • V-253461 The system must be configured to prevent the storage of the LAN Manager hash of passwords. prevents CWE-327, CWE-328
Windows Server 2016 (1 rule)
  • V-225053 Windows Server 2016 must be configured to prevent the storage of the LAN Manager hash of passwords. prevents CWE-327, CWE-328
Windows Server 2019 (1 rule)
  • V-205654 Windows Server 2019 must be configured to prevent the storage of the LAN Manager hash of passwords. prevents CWE-327, CWE-328
Windows Server 2022 (1 rule)
  • V-254474 Windows Server 2022 must be configured to prevent the storage of the LAN Manager hash of passwords. prevents CWE-327, CWE-328

References