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Antonio Sanso resolved SLING-9418.
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Resolution: Invalid
> Usage of SHA-256 is insecure
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> 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”
> *Feedback:* Please select any of the options down below to help us get an
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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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