CVE-2024-7701

Misuse of SHA256 to create an encryption key

Published Dec 15, 2024 CVSS 4.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort vulnerability in percona percona-toolkit allows Encryption Brute Forcing.This issue affects percona-toolkit: 3.6.0.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

percona

percona-toolkit

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.6.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:percona:toolkit:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

User Auto-Generated passwords when encrypting file with the tool

Tracking

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-48557	Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort vulnerability in percona percona-toolkit allows Encryption Brute Forcing.This issue affects percona-toolkit: 3.6.0.

Metrics

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.207% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/percona/percona-toolkit/blob/aa1ac0e6889168fddf73c3a72d447e9ea0c0c63b/src/go/pt-secure-collect/encrypt.go#L17

History

Aug 5, 2025 6:00 PM First appearance in the feed. Affected versions updated. Affected vendors updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Percona Percona toolkit
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:percona:toolkit:3.6.0:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Percona Percona toolkit
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}`

Jul 11, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00014}`	epss `{'score': 0.00015}`

Dec 16, 2024 5:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Dec 15, 2024 11:00 AM Description updated. Title updated. Weaknesses updated. Added references. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort vulnerability in percona percona-toolkit allows Encryption Brute Forcing.This issue affects percona-toolkit: 3.6.0.
Title		Misuse of SHA256 to create an encryption key
Weaknesses		CWE-916
References		https://github.com/percona/percona-toolkit/blob/aa1ac0e6889168fddf73c3a72d447e9ea0c0c63b/src/go/pt-secure-collect/encrypt.go#L17
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`