Pass the Hash

Updated 31 Jul 2026

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  a replay attack technique that captures a password's hash (rather than the plaintext password) and uses that hash directly to authenticate — since some authentication protocols will accept the hash itself as proof of identity
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  Replay Attack
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  Password Hashing
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  What is Pass the Hash?
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    Capturing a password's hash and using that hash directly to authenticate, since some protocols accept the hash itself as proof of identity

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