Security context

What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.

rustcrypto/password-hashes

              master @ 420cbc9
            

Fixes

CVEs

MEDIUM

Peak severity

Highlights

Cryptographic Issues: 1 prior fix. Scrutinize any change in this area.

argon2: most-fixed (1 issue). Treat as high-risk during review.

0 high-severity fixes in this history; regressions here are high-impact.

Recurring patterns

The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.

Cryptographic Issues: The function `hash_password_simple` ignored user-configured parameters (such as memory cost and work factors), silently falling back to hardcoded default values. This could lead to weaker-than-expected hashes if developers rely on the configured parameters for their security guarantees.