# CVE-2026-26219: newbee-mall Unsalted MD5 Password Hashing Enables Offline Credential Cracking

> Attackers can crack user passwords offline if hashes are exposed due to unsalted MD5 usage, leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 14 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r8m3-w58q-qp9h

## What is CVE-2026-26219?

CVE-2026-26219 is a critical vulnerability in newbee-ltd newbee-mall, published on 12 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

newbee-mall stores and verifies user passwords using an unsalted MD5 hashing algorithm. The implementation does not incorporate per-user salts or computational cost controls, enabling attackers who obtain password hashes through database exposure, backup leakage, or other compromise vectors to rapidly recover plaintext credentials via offline attacks.

Weakness: CWE-327 (Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-26219?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Newbee-Mall Project Newbee-Mall.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-26219?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-26219 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-26219 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-26219 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in newbee-ltd newbee-mall

- [CVE-2022-27477](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27477/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-23448](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-23448/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-19113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19113/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-26218](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26218/): newbee-mall Default Seeded Administrator Credentials Allow Account Takeover (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-48178](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48178/): Server-side request forgery in n/a (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-26219 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-26219 is a critical vulnerability in newbee-ltd newbee-mall, published on 12 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-26219 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: newbee-ltd newbee-mall. 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-2026-26219/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26219/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-26219
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26219
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26219

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26219/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.