GHSA-2c59-fqg7-rwrxMediumCVSS 6.5
Apache::Session::Generate::SHA256 versions before 1.3.19 for Perl create insecure session ids. ...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Apache::Session::Generate::SHA256 versions before 1.3.19 for Perl create insecure session ids.
Apache::Session::Generate::SHA256 generated session ids insecurely. The default session id generator returns a SHA-256 hash of the built-in rand() function, the epoch time, and the PID, that is hashed again. These are predictable, low-entropy sources. Predicable session ids could allow an attacker to gain access to systems.
Note that version 1.3.19 has a fallback without warning to use insecure session generation method if the call to Crypt::URandom::urandom fails. However, this is unlikely as Crypt::URandom is a hardcoded requirement of the module.
This issue is similar to CVE-2025-40931 for Apache::Session::Generate::MD5.
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8503
- https://github.com/LemonLDAPNG/Apache-Session-Browseable/commit/cc915cbbd266776eec3dd8bf4748b15fa827dbd0.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/GUIMARD/Apache-Session-Browseable-1.3.19/changes
- https://metacpan.org/release/GUIMARD/Apache-Session-Browseable-1.3.19/diff/GUIMARD/Apache-Session-Browseable-1.3.18#lib/Apache/Session/Generate/SHA256.pm
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40931
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40932
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2c59-fqg7-rwrx