vetkit.php.crypto.crypt-static-salt
crypt() is called with a hard-coded salt. Every password then shares the same salt (and legacy DES/MD5 salts are trivially cracked).
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crypt() is called with a hard-coded salt. Every password then shares the same salt (and legacy DES/MD5 salts are trivially cracked).
Category: SECURITY · Engine rule severity: WARNING
How to fix it
Use password_hash($password, PASSWORD_DEFAULT), which generates a random salt per password.
References
Source: packages/engine/rules/sast/php.yml.
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