Weak encryption algorithm (MD5) used for password detected.

• Rule ID: python_lang_weak_password_encryption_md5
• Languages: python
• Source: weak_password_encryption_md5.yml

Description

A weak hashing library can lead to data breaches and greater security risk.

Remediations

According to OWASP, MD5 and its predecessors are considered weak hash algorithms and therefore shouldn't be used.

❌ Do not use encryption for passwords, wherever possible:

hashlib.md5(user.password).digest()

✅ Instead, we recommend using sha256:

hashlib.sha256(user.password).digest()

Associated CWE

• CWE-331: Insufficient Entropy
• CWE-328: Use of Weak Hash

OWASP Top 10

• A02:2021 - Cryptographic Failures

Configuration

To skip this rule during a scan, use the following flag

bearer scan /path/to/your-project/ --skip-rule=python_lang_weak_password_encryption_md5

To run only this rule during a scan, use the following flag

bearer scan /path/to/your-project/ --only-rule=python_lang_weak_password_encryption_md5