diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index cc8263035..fb015b2e6 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@
 ## Bugs
 ##
 
-- Fixed out-of-boundary reads in attack mode 9 that were caused by a missing work item limit in the refactored autotune engine
+- Fixed out-of-boundary reads in attack-mode 9 that were caused by a missing work item limit in the refactored autotune engine
 
+##
+## Technical
+##
+
+- Disabled checking of the minimum and maximum length of the password candidate in attack-mode 9 because they are incompatible
 
 * changes v6.2.3 -> v6.2.4
 
diff --git a/src/interface.c b/src/interface.c
index 49fe712e7..d81b4ec97 100644
--- a/src/interface.c
+++ b/src/interface.c
@@ -438,8 +438,16 @@ int hashconfig_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
   hashconfig->kernel_threads_min  = default_kernel_threads_min  (hashconfig, user_options, user_options_extra);
   hashconfig->kernel_threads_max  = default_kernel_threads_max  (hashconfig, user_options, user_options_extra);
 
-  if (module_ctx->module_pw_max             != MODULE_DEFAULT) hashconfig->pw_max             = module_ctx->module_pw_max             (hashconfig, user_options, user_options_extra);
-  if (module_ctx->module_pw_min             != MODULE_DEFAULT) hashconfig->pw_min             = module_ctx->module_pw_min             (hashconfig, user_options, user_options_extra);
+  if (user_options->attack_mode == ATTACK_MODE_ASSOCIATION)
+  {
+    // we can't reject password candidates based on plugin specific password length boundaries, because they are not checked inside count_words()
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    if (module_ctx->module_pw_max != MODULE_DEFAULT) hashconfig->pw_max = module_ctx->module_pw_max (hashconfig, user_options, user_options_extra);
+    if (module_ctx->module_pw_min != MODULE_DEFAULT) hashconfig->pw_min = module_ctx->module_pw_min (hashconfig, user_options, user_options_extra);
+  }
+
   if (module_ctx->module_salt_max           != MODULE_DEFAULT) hashconfig->salt_max           = module_ctx->module_salt_max           (hashconfig, user_options, user_options_extra);
   if (module_ctx->module_salt_min           != MODULE_DEFAULT) hashconfig->salt_min           = module_ctx->module_salt_min           (hashconfig, user_options, user_options_extra);
   if (module_ctx->module_kernel_accel_min   != MODULE_DEFAULT) hashconfig->kernel_accel_min   = module_ctx->module_kernel_accel_min   (hashconfig, user_options, user_options_extra);
diff --git a/src/straight.c b/src/straight.c
index 46c0fe685..0372b1063 100644
--- a/src/straight.c
+++ b/src/straight.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ int straight_ctx_update_loop (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
 
       if ((status_ctx->words_cnt / straight_ctx->kernel_rules_cnt) != hashes->salts_cnt)
       {
-        event_log_error (hashcat_ctx, "Wordlist %s word count is not in sync with salt count", straight_ctx->dict);
+        event_log_error (hashcat_ctx, "Number of words in wordlist '%s' is not in sync with number of unique salts", straight_ctx->dict);
         event_log_error (hashcat_ctx, "Words: %" PRIu64 ", salts: %d", status_ctx->words_cnt / straight_ctx->kernel_rules_cnt, hashes->salts_cnt);
 
         return -1;