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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-0558

NIXPKGS-2026-0558
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Permalink CVE-2025-40931
9.1 CRITICAL
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): NONE
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): HIGH
  • Integrity impact (I): HIGH
  • Availability impact (A): NONE
updated 2 months ago by @mweinelt Activity log
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Apache::Session::Generate::MD5 versions through 1.94 for Perl create insecure session id

Apache::Session::Generate::MD5 versions through 1.94 for Perl create insecure session id. Apache::Session::Generate::MD5 generates session ids insecurely. The default session id generator returns a MD5 hash seeded with the built-in rand() function, the epoch time, and the PID. The PID will come from a small set of numbers, and the epoch time may be guessed, if it is not leaked from the HTTP Date header. The built-in rand function is unsuitable for cryptographic usage. Predicable session ids could allow an attacker to gain access to systems.

Affected products

Apache-Session
  • =<1.94

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