CVE-2016-2379: Pidgin Mxit

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Mxit protocol uses weak encryption when encrypting user passwords, which might allow attackers to (1) decrypt hashed passwords by leveraging knowledge of client registration codes or (2) gain login access by eavesdropping on login messages and re-using the hashed passwords.

Affected products

• Pidgin Mxit: affected versions not specified

Published 2017-03-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.