CVE-2026-45413

MaxKB: Unsalted MD5 Password Hashing

MEDIUM

6.9

CVSS Score

Published: May 26, 2026 at 08:12 PM UTC

Updated: July 24, 2026 at 11:10 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorMaxKB

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Severity

MEDIUM6.9

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.1%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

MaxKB is an open-source AI assistant for enterprise. Prior to 2.9.1, user passwords are stored using unsalted MD5 hashes, making them trivially crackable via rainbow tables or GPU-accelerated brute force (hashcat). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.9.1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

MaxKB · 1PANEL Dev

60%

v < 2.9.1

Affected range stops below 2.9.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: cverecord

https://github.com/1Panel-dev/MaxKB/security/advisories/GHSA-2m4c-mcq5-q8xq

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.9MEDIUMGitHub_M

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-328

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