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CVE-2023-0567
password_verify() always returns true for some invalid hashes
High7.7EPSS 0.92%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- php
Description
In PHP 8.0.X before 8.0.28, 8.1.X before 8.1.16 and 8.2.X before 8.2.3, password_verify() function may accept some invalid Blowfish hashes as valid. If such invalid hash ever ends up in the password database, it may lead to an application allowing any password for this entry as valid.
Timeline
ID reserved
By php
- 18 days later
· 18 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| phpCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.92% · top 39% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Weakness
Affected products
References (3)
Sources
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