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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2021-37551 json

In JetBrains YouTrack before 2021.2.16363, system user passwords were hashed with SHA-256.

published 2021-08-06 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-24112

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In JetBrains YouTrack before 2021.2.16363, system user passwords were hashed with SHA-256.

Patch / fix

  • jetbrains youtrack 2021.2.16363

Exploit prediction

0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.