CVE-2024-55885: Beego Vulnerable to Collision Hazards of MD5 in Cache Key Filenames

6.9 CVSS

Description

beego is an open-source web framework for the Go programming language. Versions of beego prior to 2.3.4 use MD5 as a hashing algorithm. MD5 is no longer considered secure against well-funded opponents due to its vulnerability to collision attacks. Version 2.3.4 replaces MD5 with SHA256.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-55885

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.9

Affected Products

Vendor: beego

Product: beego

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.48% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://github.com/beego/beego/security/advisories/GHSA-9j3m-fr7q-jxfw
https://github.com/beego/beego/commit/e7fa4835f71f47ab1d13afd638cebf661800d5a4

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