CVE-2025-40924
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40924
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-40924.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-40924
- Downstream
- Published
- 2025-07-17T13:33:43.739Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-16T03:47:48.513924147Z
- Severity
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- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Catalyst::Plugin::Session before version 0.44 for Perl generates session ids insecurely
- Details
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Catalyst::Plugin::Session before version 0.44 for Perl generates session ids insecurely.
The session id is generated from a (usually SHA-1) hash of a simple counter, the epoch time, the built-in rand function, the PID and the current Catalyst context. This information is of low entropy. 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.
- Database specific
{ "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-338", "CWE-340" ], "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/40xxx/CVE-2025-40924.json", "cna_assigner": "CPANSec" }- References
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- https://cpan.org/modules
- https://metacpan.org/release/HAARG/Catalyst-Plugin-Session-0.43/source/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/Session.pm#L632
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/40xxx/CVE-2025-40924.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40924
- https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Plugin-Session/pull/5
- https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Plugin-Session/commit/c0e2b4ab1e42ebce1008286db8c571b6ee98c22c.patch
- https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Plugin-Session