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Cryptographic Failures

This skill should be used when the user asks about "cryptographic failures", "weak encryption", "hardcoded secrets", "insecure random", "MD5", "SHA1", "weak hashing", or needs to find crypto-related vulnerabilities during whitebox security review.

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Cryptographic Failures (OWASP A02)

Purpose

Provide detection patterns for cryptographic vulnerabilities including weak algorithms, hardcoded secrets, insufficient key lengths, and insecure random number generation.

OWASP Top 10 Mapping

Category: A02 - Cryptographic Failures

CWEs:

  • CWE-326: Inadequate Encryption Strength
  • CWE-327: Use of Broken or Risky Crypto Algorithm
  • CWE-328: Reversible One-Way Hash
  • CWE-330: Use of Insufficiently Random Values
  • CWE-338: Use of Cryptographically Weak PRNG
  • CWE-798: Use of Hardcoded Credentials

When to Use

Activate this skill when:

  • Reviewing password hashing implementations
  • Checking encryption algorithm usage
  • Looking for hardcoded secrets/API keys
  • Auditing random number generation
  • Verifying key management practices

Weak Hash Algorithms

Detection Patterns

# MD5 usage (broken for security)
grep -rniE "md5\(|MD5\.|hashlib\.md5|MessageDigest.*MD5|crypto\.MD5" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

# SHA1 usage (deprecated for security)
grep -rniE "sha1\(|SHA1\.|hashlib\.sha1|MessageDigest.*SHA-1|crypto\.SHA1" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

# Password hashing with weak algorithms
grep -rniE "password.*md5|password.*sha1|hash.*password.*md5" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

Language-Specific Patterns

Python

# Weak hashing
grep -rniE "hashlib\.md5|hashlib\.sha1" --include="*.py"

# Should use: bcrypt, argon2, scrypt
grep -rniE "bcrypt|argon2|scrypt" --include="*.py"

Vulnerable:

# VULNERABLE: MD5 for passwords
password_hash = hashlib.md5(password.encode()).hexdigest()

Secure:

# SAFE: bcrypt for passwords
password_hash = bcrypt.hashpw(password.encode(), bcrypt.gensalt())

Java

# Weak MessageDigest
grep -rniE "MessageDigest\.getInstance.*MD5|MessageDigest\.getInstance.*SHA-1" --include="*.java"

# Should use: BCrypt, Argon2, PBKDF2
grep -rniE "BCrypt|Argon2|PBKDF2|SecretKeyFactory" --include="*.java"

Go

# Weak crypto imports
grep -rniE "crypto/md5|crypto/sha1" --include="*.go"

# Should use: bcrypt, argon2
grep -rniE "golang\.org/x/crypto/bcrypt|golang\.org/x/crypto/argon2" --include="*.go"

PHP

# Weak hashing
grep -rniE "md5\(|sha1\(" --include="*.php"

# Should use: password_hash
grep -rniE "password_hash|PASSWORD_BCRYPT|PASSWORD_ARGON2" --include="*.php"

TypeScript

# Weak crypto
grep -rniE "createHash.*md5|createHash.*sha1" --include="*.ts"

# Should use: bcrypt
grep -rniE "bcrypt\.hash|argon2" --include="*.ts"

Weak Encryption Algorithms

Detection Patterns

# DES (broken)
grep -rniE "DES|DESede|TripleDES" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

# RC4 (broken)
grep -rniE "RC4|ARC4|ARCFOUR" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

# ECB mode (insecure)
grep -rniE "ECB|AES/ECB|MODE_ECB" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

# Blowfish (deprecated)
grep -rniE "Blowfish|BLOWFISH" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

Secure Alternatives

| Weak | Secure Alternative | |------|-------------------| | DES | AES-256 | | 3DES | AES-256 | | RC4 | ChaCha20 or AES-GCM | | ECB mode | GCM or CBC with HMAC | | Blowfish | AES-256 | | RSA-1024 | RSA-2048+ or ECDSA |

Hardcoded Secrets

Detection Patterns

# API keys
grep -rniE "api[_-]?key\s*[=:]\s*['\"][a-zA-Z0-9]{16,}['\"]" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

# Passwords
grep -rniE "password\s*[=:]\s*['\"][^'\"]+['\"]" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

# Secret keys
grep -rniE "secret[_-]?key\s*[=:]\s*['\"][^'\"]+['\"]" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

# AWS credentials
grep -rniE "AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}|aws_secret_access_key" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php" --include="*.env"

# Private keys
grep -rniE "BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY|BEGIN PRIVATE KEY|BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php" --include="*.pem"

# JWT secrets
grep -rniE "jwt[_-]?secret\s*[=:]\s*['\"]" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

High-Entropy String Detection

# Long alphanumeric strings (potential secrets)
grep -rniE "['\"][a-zA-Z0-9+/=]{32,}['\"]" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

Insecure Random Number Generation

Detection Patterns

# JavaScript/TypeScript - Math.random (NOT cryptographically secure)
grep -rniE "Math\.random\(\)" --include="*.ts" --include="*.js"

# Python - random module (NOT cryptographically secure)
grep -rniE "import random|from random|random\.random|random\.randint" --include="*.py"

# Java - java.util.Random (NOT cryptographically secure)
grep -rniE "new Random\(\)|java\.util\.Random" --include="*.java"

# PHP - rand/mt_rand (NOT cryptographically secure)
grep -rniE "rand\(|mt_rand\(" --include="*.php"

# Go - math/rand (NOT cryptographically secure)
grep -rniE "math/rand|rand\.Intn|rand\.Int\(" --include="*.go"

Secure Alternatives

| Language | Insecure | Secure | |----------|----------|--------| | Python | random.random() | secrets.token_bytes() | | Java | java.util.Random | java.security.SecureRandom | | Go | math/rand | crypto/rand | | JavaScript | Math.random() | crypto.randomBytes() | | PHP | rand(), mt_rand() | random_bytes(), random_int() |

Insufficient Key Length

Detection Patterns

# RSA key size (should be 2048+)
grep -rniE "RSA.*1024|keysize.*1024|KeyPairGenerator.*1024" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

# AES key size (should be 256 for sensitive data)
grep -rniE "AES.*128|aes-128" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

# HMAC key size
grep -rniE "hmac.*key.*['\"][a-zA-Z0-9]{1,15}['\"]" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

Minimum Key Lengths

| Algorithm | Minimum | Recommended | |-----------|---------|-------------| | RSA | 2048 bits | 4096 bits | | AES | 128 bits | 256 bits | | ECDSA | 256 bits | 384 bits | | HMAC | 256 bits | 512 bits |

Predictable IVs/Nonces

Detection Patterns

# Static/zero IV
grep -rniE "iv\s*=\s*['\"]0{16,}['\"]|iv\s*=\s*bytes\(16\)|iv.*\[0,0,0" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

# Reused nonce
grep -rniE "nonce\s*=\s*['\"]|static.*nonce|const.*nonce" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

Missing Encryption

Detection Patterns

# Plaintext password storage
grep -rniE "password\s*=\s*request|user\.password\s*=\s*" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

# HTTP instead of HTTPS
grep -rniE "http://[^localhost]|http://[^127\.0\.0\.1]" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php"

# Unencrypted database connection
grep -rniE "sslmode=disable|useSSL=false|ssl=false" --include="*.go" --include="*.py" --include="*.java" --include="*.ts" --include="*.php" --include="*.env"

Broken Certificate Validation

Detection Patterns

# Go - Skip TLS verification
grep -rniE "InsecureSkipVerify\s*:\s*true" --include="*.go"

# Python - Disable SSL verification
grep -rniE "veri
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