01 Record
CVE-2026-110104
novel through 3.5.0 Unsalted MD5 Password Storage
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: VulnCheck
CNA base score8.2 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
novel through 3.5.0 Unsalted MD5 Password Storage
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 20.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.2 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-16.
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-13 16:53Z16 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-13 17:22Z16 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-10-13
- Assigning CNA
- VulnCheck
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-916Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational EffortBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 91cadbf784e2c656b6317c2691052fb4e996e2d2cacaec0491f289a970d29905
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/201206030/novel/pull/53
- github.comhttps://github.com/201206030/novel/blob/v3.5.0/src/main/java/io/github/xxyopen/novel/service/impl/UserServiceImpl.java#L70-L77
- github.comhttps://github.com/201206030/novel/commit/fa82ce7e426a5b29db469b8f13d2e29fc1260871
- www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: novel through 3.5.0 Unsalted MD5 Password Storagehttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/novel-through-3.5.0-unsalted-md5-password-storage