diff --git a/ql/src/experimental/CWE-327/BrokenCryptoAlgorithm.ql b/ql/src/experimental/CWE-327/BrokenCryptoAlgorithm.ql
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+/**
+ * @name Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm
+ * @description Using broken or weak cryptographic algorithms can allow an attacker to compromise security.
+ * @kind problem
+ * @problem.severity error
+ * @precision high
+ * @id go/weak-cryptographic-algorithm
+ * @tags security
+ */
+
+import go
+import BrokenCryptoAlgorithmCustomizations::BrokenCryptoAlgorithm
+
+from Configuration cfg, DataFlow::PathNode source, DataFlow::PathNode sink
+where cfg.hasFlowPath(source, sink)
+select sink.getNode(), "Sensitive data is used in a broken or weak cryptographic algorithm."
diff --git a/ql/src/experimental/CWE-327/BrokenCryptoAlgorithmCustomizations.qll b/ql/src/experimental/CWE-327/BrokenCryptoAlgorithmCustomizations.qll
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+/**
+ * Provides default sources, sinks and sanitizers for reasoning about
+ * sensitive information in broken or weak cryptographic algorithms,
+ * as well as extension points for adding your own.
+ */
+
+import go
+private import semmle.go.security.SensitiveActions
+private import CryptoLibraries
+
+module BrokenCryptoAlgorithm {
+  /**
+   * A data flow source for sensitive information in broken or weak cryptographic algorithms.
+   */
+  abstract class Source extends DataFlow::Node { }
+
+  /**
+   * A data flow sink for sensitive information in broken or weak cryptographic algorithms.
+   */
+  abstract class Sink extends DataFlow::Node { }
+
+  /**
+   * A sanitizer for sensitive information in broken or weak cryptographic algorithms.
+   */
+  abstract class Sanitizer extends DataFlow::Node { }
+
+  /**
+   * A sensitive source.
+   */
+  class SensitiveSource extends Source {
+    SensitiveSource() { this.asExpr() instanceof SensitiveExpr }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * An expression used by a broken or weak cryptographic algorithm.
+   */
+  class WeakCryptographicOperationSink extends Sink {
+    WeakCryptographicOperationSink() {
+      exists(CryptographicOperation application |
+        application.getAlgorithm().isWeak() and
+        this.asExpr() = application.getInput()
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
+  class Configuration extends TaintTracking::Configuration {
+    Configuration() { this = "BrokenCryptoAlgorithm" }
+
+    override predicate isSource(DataFlow::Node source) { source instanceof SensitiveSource }
+
+    override predicate isSink(DataFlow::Node sink) {
+      sink instanceof WeakCryptographicOperationSink
+    }
+
+    override predicate isSanitizer(DataFlow::Node node) {
+      super.isSanitizer(node) or
+      node instanceof Sanitizer
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ql/src/experimental/CWE-327/CryptoLibraries.qll b/ql/src/experimental/CWE-327/CryptoLibraries.qll
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+/**
+ * Provides classes for modelling cryptographic libraries.
+ */
+
+import go
+
+/**
+ * Names of cryptographic algorithms, separated into strong and weak variants.
+ *
+ * The names are normalized: upper-case, no spaces, dashes or underscores.
+ *
+ * The names are inspired by the names used in real world crypto libraries.
+ *
+ * The classification into strong and weak are based on Wikipedia, OWASP and google (2017).
+ */
+private module AlgorithmNames {
+  predicate isStrongHashingAlgorithm(string name) {
+    name = "DSA" or
+    name = "ED25519" or
+    name = "ES256" or
+    name = "ECDSA256" or
+    name = "ES384" or
+    name = "ECDSA384" or
+    name = "ES512" or
+    name = "ECDSA512" or
+    name = "SHA2" or
+    name = "SHA224" or
+    name = "SHA256" or
+    name = "SHA384" or
+    name = "SHA512" or
+    name = "SHA3"
+  }
+
+  predicate isWeakHashingAlgorithm(string name) {
+    name = "HAVEL128" or
+    name = "MD2" or
+    name = "MD4" or
+    name = "MD5" or
+    name = "PANAMA" or
+    name = "RIPEMD" or
+    name = "RIPEMD128" or
+    name = "RIPEMD256" or
+    name = "RIPEMD160" or
+    name = "RIPEMD320" or
+    name = "SHA0" or
+    name = "SHA1"
+  }
+
+  predicate isStrongEncryptionAlgorithm(string name) {
+    name = "AES" or
+    name = "AES128" or
+    name = "AES192" or
+    name = "AES256" or
+    name = "AES512" or
+    name = "RSA" or
+    name = "RABBIT" or
+    name = "BLOWFISH"
+  }
+
+  predicate isWeakEncryptionAlgorithm(string name) {
+    name = "DES" or
+    name = "3DES" or
+    name = "TRIPLEDES" or
+    name = "TDEA" or
+    name = "TRIPLEDEA" or
+    name = "ARC2" or
+    name = "RC2" or
+    name = "ARC4" or
+    name = "RC4" or
+    name = "ARCFOUR" or
+    name = "ARC5" or
+    name = "RC5"
+  }
+
+  predicate isStrongPasswordHashingAlgorithm(string name) {
+    name = "ARGON2" or
+    name = "PBKDF2" or
+    name = "BCRYPT" or
+    name = "SCRYPT"
+  }
+
+  predicate isWeakPasswordHashingAlgorithm(string name) { none() }
+}
+
+private import AlgorithmNames
+
+/**
+ * A cryptographic algorithm.
+ */
+private newtype TCryptographicAlgorithm =
+  MkHashingAlgorithm(string name, boolean isWeak) {
+    isStrongHashingAlgorithm(name) and isWeak = false
+    or
+    isWeakHashingAlgorithm(name) and isWeak = true
+  } or
+  MkEncryptionAlgorithm(string name, boolean isWeak) {
+    isStrongEncryptionAlgorithm(name) and isWeak = false
+    or
+    isWeakEncryptionAlgorithm(name) and isWeak = true
+  } or
+  MkPasswordHashingAlgorithm(string name, boolean isWeak) {
+    isStrongPasswordHashingAlgorithm(name) and isWeak = false
+    or
+    isWeakPasswordHashingAlgorithm(name) and isWeak = true
+  }
+
+/**
+ * A cryptographic algorithm.
+ */
+abstract class CryptographicAlgorithm extends TCryptographicAlgorithm {
+  /** Gets a textual representation of this element. */
+  string toString() { result = getName() }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the name of this algorithm.
+   */
+  abstract string getName();
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if the name of this algorithm matches `name` modulo case,
+   * white space, dashes and underscores.
+   */
+  bindingset[name]
+  predicate matchesName(string name) {
+    name.toUpperCase().regexpReplaceAll("[-_ ]", "").regexpMatch(".*" + getName() + ".*")
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if this algorithm is weak.
+   */
+  abstract predicate isWeak();
+}
+
+/**
+ * A hashing algorithm such as `MD5` or `SHA512`.
+ */
+class HashingAlgorithm extends MkHashingAlgorithm, CryptographicAlgorithm {
+  string name;
+  boolean isWeak;
+
+  HashingAlgorithm() { this = MkHashingAlgorithm(name, isWeak) }
+
+  override string getName() { result = name }
+
+  override predicate isWeak() { isWeak = true }
+}
+
+/**
+ * An encryption algorithm such as `DES` or `AES512`.
+ */
+class EncryptionAlgorithm extends MkEncryptionAlgorithm, CryptographicAlgorithm {
+  string name;
+  boolean isWeak;
+
+  EncryptionAlgorithm() { this = MkEncryptionAlgorithm(name, isWeak) }
+
+  override string getName() { result = name }
+
+  override predicate isWeak() { isWeak = true }
+}
+
+/**
+ * A password hashing algorithm such as `PBKDF2` or `SCRYPT`.
+ */
+class PasswordHashingAlgorithm extends MkPasswordHashingAlgorithm, CryptographicAlgorithm {
+  string name;
+  boolean isWeak;
+
+  PasswordHashingAlgorithm() { this = MkPasswordHashingAlgorithm(name, isWeak) }
+
+  override string getName() { result = name }
+
+  override predicate isWeak() { isWeak = true }
+}
+
+/**
+ * An application of a cryptographic algorithm.
+ */
+abstract class CryptographicOperation extends Expr {
+  /**
+   * Gets the input the algorithm is used on, e.g. the plain text input to be encrypted.
+   */
+  abstract Expr getInput();
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the applied algorithm.
+   */
+  abstract CryptographicAlgorithm getAlgorithm();
+}
+
+class Md5 extends CryptographicOperation {
+  Expr input;
+  CryptographicAlgorithm algorithm;
+  SelectorExpr sel;
+  CallExpr call;
+
+  Md5() {
+    this = call and
+    algorithm.matchesName(sel.getBase().toString()) and
+    algorithm.matchesName("MD5") and
+    sel.getSelector().toString() = call.getCalleeName().toString() and
+    call.getArgument(0) = input
+  }
+
+  override Expr getInput() { result = input }
+
+  override CryptographicAlgorithm getAlgorithm() { result = algorithm }
+}
+
+class Des extends CryptographicOperation {
+  Expr input;
+  CryptographicAlgorithm algorithm;
+  CallExpr call;
+  SelectorExpr sel;
+
+  Des() {
+    this = call and
+    algorithm.matchesName(call.getCalleeName()) and
+    algorithm.matchesName("DES") and
+    call.getArgument(0) = input
+  }
+
+  override Expr getInput() { result = input }
+
+  override CryptographicAlgorithm getAlgorithm() { result = algorithm }
+}
diff --git a/ql/test/experimental/CWE-327/BadCrypto.go b/ql/test/experimental/CWE-327/BadCrypto.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"crypto/des"
+	"crypto/md5"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	password := []byte("password")
+
+	var tripleDESKey []byte
+	tripleDESKey = append(tripleDESKey, password[:16]...)
+	tripleDESKey = append(tripleDESKey, password[:8]...)
+
+	// BAD, des is a weak crypto algorithm
+	_, err := des.NewTripleDESCipher(tripleDESKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	// BAD, md5 is a weak crypto algorithm
+	fmt.Printf("%x", md5.Sum(password))
+	
+}
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diff --git a/ql/test/experimental/CWE-327/BrokenCryptoAlgorithm.expected b/ql/test/experimental/CWE-327/BrokenCryptoAlgorithm.expected
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+| BadCrypto.go:18:35:18:46 | tripleDESKey | Sensitive data is used in a broken or weak cryptographic algorithm. |
+| BadCrypto.go:24:27:24:34 | password | Sensitive data is used in a broken or weak cryptographic algorithm. |
diff --git a/ql/test/experimental/CWE-327/BrokenCryptoAlgorithm.qlref b/ql/test/experimental/CWE-327/BrokenCryptoAlgorithm.qlref
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+experimental/CWE-327/BrokenCryptoAlgorithm.ql