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CVE-2025-40923
7.3 HIGH
- 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): LOW
- Integrity impact (I): LOW
- Availability impact (A): LOW
Plack-Middleware-Session before version 0.35 for Perl generates session ids insecurely
Plack-Middleware-Session before version 0.35 for Perl generates session ids insecurely. The default session id generator returns a SHA-1 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.
References
- https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html
- https://metacpan.org/release/MIYAGAWA/Plack-Middleware-Session-0.34/source/lib/…
- https://github.com/plack/Plack-Middleware-Session/pull/52
- https://github.com/plack/Plack-Middleware-Session/commit/1fbfbb355e34e7f4b3906f… patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/MIYAGAWA/Plack-Middleware-Session-0.34/source/lib/…
- https://github.com/plack/Plack-Middleware-Session/pull/52
- https://github.com/plack/Plack-Middleware-Session/commit/1fbfbb355e34e7f4b3906f… patch
- https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/16/4
Affected products
Plack-Middleware-Session
- <0.35
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.perlPackages.PlackMiddlewareSession
Middleware for session management
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nixos-unstable -
- nixpkgs-unstable 0.33
pkgs.perl538Packages.PlackMiddlewareSession
Middleware for session management
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nixos-unstable -
- nixpkgs-unstable 0.33
pkgs.perl540Packages.PlackMiddlewareSession
Middleware for session management
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nixos-unstable -
- nixpkgs-unstable 0.33