Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-45413MaxKB: Unsalted MD5 Password Hashing
Medium 6.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in MaxKB from 1Panel-dev. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 0% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)<0.1%top 99.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
MaxKB is an open-source AI assistant for enterprise. Prior to 2.9.1, user passwords are stored using unsalted MD5 hashes, making them trivially crackable via rainbow tables or GPU-accelerated brute force (hashcat). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.9.1.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| 1Panel-dev | MaxKB | < 2.9.1 |
Weakness: CWE-328 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://github.com/1Panel-dev/MaxKB/security/advisories/GHSA-2m4c-mcq5-q8xq x_refsource_CONFIRM