CVE-2020-28873

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 56.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-09.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2021-03-17 12:31Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-07-09 00:11Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2020-11-16

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-916Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational EffortBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e7dfe80f3934ae93c4b115f02f83b0a24183fc6053844125e6f8778f63c97c5a

• www.acunetix.comhttps://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/long-password-denial-of-service/#:~:text=By%20sending%20a%20very%20long%2Ca%20vulnerable%20password%20hashing%20implementation