CVE-2016-6485

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-327

Description

The __construct function in Framework/Encryption/Crypt.php in Magento 2 uses the PHP rand function to generate a random number for the initialization vector, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by guessing the value.

Affected products

Magento2: all versions

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/27/14
https://github.com/magento/magento2/pull/15017
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/19/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/27/14
https://github.com/magento/magento2/pull/15017

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