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Find weak password hashing

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.java.security.search.FindWeakPasswordHashing
Artifactorg.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-java-security

Finds uses of MessageDigest.getInstance() with algorithms unsuitable for password hashing (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512). Passwords should be hashed with a purpose-built password hashing function such as bcrypt, scrypt, Argon2, or PBKDF2 that includes a salt and a tunable work factor.

Single recipeCWE-759CWE-916Proprietary

Usage

This recipe has no required configuration options. You’ll need the Moderne CLI configured before running the command below.

mod run . --recipe org.openrewrite.java.security.search.FindWeakPasswordHashing

If the recipe isn’t available locally, install it with:

mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-java-security:3.36.0

Data tables

Structured output this recipe can produce.

  • Source files that had resultsSource files that were modified by the recipe run.org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileResults
  • Source files that had search resultsSearch results that were found during the recipe run.org.openrewrite.table.SearchResults
  • Source files that errored on a recipeThe details of all errors produced by a recipe run.org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileErrors
  • Recipe performanceStatistics used in analyzing the performance of recipes.org.openrewrite.table.RecipeRunStats