CVE-2026-45701: Sulu: Weak Cryptographical usage for API Key generation and Reset Tokens

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v4.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-06-01 · updated 2026-07-22
Weakness: CWE-327

Description

Sulu is an open-source PHP content management system based on the Symfony framework. Prior to versions 2.6.23 and 3.0.6, the password reset tokenand API key generation uses a weak cryptographical hash algorithm. This issue has been patched in versions 2.6.23 and 3.0.6.

Affected products

sulu: before 2.6.23; from 3.0.0-alpha1, < 3.0.6

References

https://github.com/sulu/sulu/releases/tag/2.6.23
https://github.com/sulu/sulu/releases/tag/3.0.6
https://github.com/sulu/sulu/security/advisories/GHSA-7fv8-6pp7-6h85

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