vetkit.nginx.tls.weak-ciphers
nginx enables a broken cipher suite (RC4, DES/3DES, NULL, EXPORT, LOW, MD5 or anonymous key exchange) in ssl_ciphers. Clients that negotiate it get no real confidentiality or authenticity.
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nginx enables a broken cipher suite (RC4, DES/3DES, NULL, EXPORT, LOW, MD5 or anonymous key exchange) in ssl_ciphers. Clients that negotiate it get no real confidentiality or authenticity.
Category: SECURITY · Engine rule severity: WARNING
How to fix it
Remove the weak suites or use a maintained profile such as Mozilla's "intermediate" configuration; prefix classes you want to exclude with ! (e.g. !aNULL:!MD5).
References
Source: packages/engine/rules/sast/config.yml.
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