title: Detect the usage of DES, RC4, MD5 or SHA1 shortname: G401 description: The software stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. anchor: gosec group: top10-crypto-failures pretty_name: G401: Detect the usage of DES, RC4, MD5 or SHA1
Detect the usage of DES, RC4, MD5 or SHA1¶
The software stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required.