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CVE-2025-40923

Plack-Middleware-Session before version 0.35 for Perl generates session ids insecurely



Description

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.

Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-07-16 | Updated 2025-07-16 | Assigner CPANSec

Problem types

CWE-340 Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers

CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator

Product status

Default status
unaffected

0.01 before 0.35
affected

References

metacpan.org/...ssion-0.34/source/lib/Plack/Session/State.pm

github.com/plack/Plack-Middleware-Session/pull/52

github.com/...1fbfbb355e34e7f4b3906f66cf958cedadd2b9be.patch patch

security.metacpan.org/...uides/random-data-for-security.html

cve.org (CVE-2025-40923)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-40923)

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