diff --git a/changelog.d/6753.bugfix b/changelog.d/6753.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dfde793e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6753.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix `AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'` in `hash_password` when configuration has an empty `password_config`. Contributed by @ivilata.
diff --git a/scripts/hash_password b/scripts/hash_password
index a1eb0769d..a30767f75 100755
--- a/scripts/hash_password
+++ b/scripts/hash_password
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     if "config" in args and args.config:
         config = yaml.safe_load(args.config)
         bcrypt_rounds = config.get("bcrypt_rounds", bcrypt_rounds)
-        password_config = config.get("password_config", {})
+        password_config = config.get("password_config", None) or {}
         password_pepper = password_config.get("pepper", password_pepper)
     password = args.password