[jira] [Commented] (SLING-9418) Usage of SHA-256 is insecure

["Stefan Egli (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Stefan Egli commented on SLING-9418:
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[~asanso], [~ianeboston], wdyt?

> Usage of SHA-256 is insecure
> ----------------------------
>
>                 Key: SLING-9418
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-9418
>             Project: Sling
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Md Mahir Asef Kabir
>            Priority: Major
>
> *Vulnerability Description:* In “src/main/java/org/apache/sling/discovery/base/connectors/ping/TopologyRequestValidator.java” file the following code was written in
> {code:java}
> private String hash(String toHash){code}
> method -
> {code:java}
> MessageDigest m = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");{code}
> The vulnerability is, using "SHA-256” as the argument to MessageDigest.getInstance method.
> *Reason it’s vulnerable:* According to [this|https://securityboulevard.com/2019/07/insecure-default-password-hashing-in-cmss/], “SHA256 functions do not include a salt and a separate function must be used to add the salt”. Another reference can be found [here|https://dusted.codes/sha-256-is-not-a-secure-password-hashing-algorithm].
> *Suggested Fix:* According to [this|https://securityboulevard.com/2019/07/insecure-default-password-hashing-in-cmss/], “The most secure current hash functions are BCRYPT, SCRYPT, and Argon2”
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> *Note:* Tagging *[~stefanegli]* as suggested by [~rombert] in this [pull request.|https://github.com/apache/sling-org-apache-sling-discovery-base/pull/1]



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