6.9

CVE-2026-45413: MaxKB: Unsalted MD5 Password Hashing

Deferred
Published 26-05-2026Last modified 27-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-45413 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) Use of Weak Hash vulnerability in 1panel-dev maxkb. EPSS estimates a 0.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.9, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.9/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.08%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.08%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

0%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.03 pp

From 0.11% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

1panel-dev1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links