# CVE-2019-25030: Weak cryptography in Versa Director, Versa Analytics, Versa VOS

> Attackers can crack stored passwords using rainbow tables due to weak hashing algorithms in Versa Director, Analytics, and VOS.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 May 2021
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h5c5-mmgx-53h5

## What is CVE-2019-25030?

CVE-2019-25030 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Versa Director, Versa Analytics, Versa VOS, published on 26 May 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Versa Director, Versa Analytics and VOS, Passwords are not hashed using an adaptive cryptographic hash function or key derivation function prior to storage. Popular hashing algorithms based on the Merkle-Damgardconstruction (such as MD5 and SHA-1) alone are insufficient in thwarting password cracking. Attackers can generate and use precomputed hashes for all possible password character combinations (commonly referred to as "rainbow tables") relatively quickly. The use of adaptive hashing algorithms such asscryptorbcryptor Key-Derivation Functions (i.e.PBKDF2) to hash passwords make generation of such rainbow tables computationally infeasible.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25030?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Versa-Networks Versa Analytics, Versa-Networks Versa Director, Versa-Networks Versa Operating System.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-25030?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25030 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-25030 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-25030 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Versa Director, Versa Analytics, Versa VOS

- [CVE-2018-16497](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-16497/): Privilege escalation in Versa Analytics (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-25030 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-25030 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Versa Director, Versa Analytics, Versa VOS, published on 26 May 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-25030 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Versa Director, Versa Analytics, Versa VOS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25030/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25030/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25030
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25030
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-25030

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25030/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.