Manifest Uses a One-Way Hash without a Salt

Description

Manifest employs a weak password hashing implementation that uses SHA3 without a salt. This exposes user passwords to a higher risk of being cracked if an attacker gains access to the database.

Recommendation

Update the manifest package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 4.9.2
• Patched version(s): 4.9.2

References

• GHSA-h8h6-7752-g28c
• CVE-2025-27408
• CWE-759
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A2
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• ReDoS Vulnerability in ua-parser-js version - CVE-2022-25927
• node-cube vulnerable to prototype pollution - CVE-2025-57348
• DOMPurify allows Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - CVE-2025-26791
• lite-server vulnerable to Denial of Service - CVE-2022-25940

Tags:

npm

manifest