CVE-2026-8803

opensourcepos Open Source Point of Sale Employee Login Employee.php login weak hash

Published May 18, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw has been found in opensourcepos Open Source Point of Sale up to 3.4.2. Impacted is the function Login of the file app/Models/Employee.php of the component Employee Login. This manipulation causes use of weak hash. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is considered difficult. The actual existence of this vulnerability is currently in question. The vendor explains: "[T]he code is still there to allow the upgrade path to work. The default password is initially seeded with the old hash function, but then migrated to a newer one after login. [T]he hash version check might be cleaned up in the future. Currently it's not actively in use as any password change will use a newer hash function."

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw has been found in opensourcepos Open Source Point of Sale up to 3.4.2. Impacted is the function Login of the file app/Models/Employee.php of the component Employee Login. This manipulation causes use of weak hash. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is considered difficult. The actual existence of this vulnerability is currently in question. The vendor explains: "[T]he code is still there to allow the upgrade path to work. The default password is initially seeded with the old hash function, but then migrated to a newer one after login. [T]he hash version check might be cleaned up in the future. Currently it's not actively in use as any password change will use a newer hash function."
Title opensourcepos Open Source Point of Sale Employee Login Employee.php login weak hash
First Time appeared Opensourcepos
Opensourcepos open Source Point Of Sale
Weaknesses CWE-327
CWE-328
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:opensourcepos:open_source_point_of_sale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Opensourcepos
Opensourcepos open Source Point Of Sale
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 2.6, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:ND/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulDB
Published
Updated
May 19, 2026, 4:20 PM
Reserved
May 18, 2026, 4:37 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
May 18, 2026, 12:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 1:10 PM