CVE-2025-47276 Actualizer Uses OpenSSL's "-passwd" Function Which Uses SHA512 Under The Hood Instead of Proper Password Hasher like Yescript/Argon2i

Actualizer is a single shell script solution to allow developers and embedded engineers to create Debian operating systems OS. Prior to version 1.2.0, Actualizer uses OpenSSL's "-passwd" function, which uses SHA512 instead of a more suitable password hasher like Yescript/Argon2i. All Actualizer...

CVE-2025-47276

Actualizer (a Debian OS creator) is affected by CVE-2025-47276 in versions before 1.2.0, due to using OpenSSL’s -passwd which hashes with SHA-512. The vulnerability pertains to password hashing quality for root and Alpha accounts across full OS deployments. Remediation is to upgrade to Actualizer...