What is CVE-2024-24553?

CVE-2024-24553 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bludit, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-06-24.

How severe is CVE-2024-24553?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Bludit

CVE-2024-24553

Bludit uses the SHA-1 hashing algorithm to compute password hashes. Thus, attackers could determine cleartext passwords with brute-force attacks due to the inherent speed of SHA-1. In addition, the salt that is computed by Bludit is generated with a non-cryptographically secure function.

Published 2024-06-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Bludit — versions 2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.redguard.ch/blog/2024/06/20/security-advisory-bludit/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-24553?: CVE-2024-24553 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bludit, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-06-24.
How severe is CVE-2024-24553?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.