What is CVE-2001-0967?

CVE-2001-0967 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Arkeia, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2001-08-31.

How severe is CVE-2001-0967?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Arkeia

CVE-2001-0967

Knox Arkeia server 4.2, and possibly other versions, uses a constant salt when encrypting passwords using the crypt() function, which makes it easier for an attacker to conduct brute force password guessing.

Published 2001-08-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (59.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Arkeia — versions 4.2, 4.2.8-2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-916 — Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/3204 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0228.html (mailing-list, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2001-0967?: CVE-2001-0967 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Arkeia, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2001-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2001-0967?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.