CVE-2025-40923 (GCVE-0-2025-40923)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-16 13:05 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:10
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Title
Plack-Middleware-Session before version 0.35 for Perl generates session ids insecurely
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-340 - Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers
  • CWE-338 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
MIYAGAWA Plack::Middleware::Session Affected: 0.01 , < 0.35 (custom)
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