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1 vulnerability by GRICHTER
CVE-2025-40932 (GCVE-0-2025-40932)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-26 23:33 – Updated: 2026-02-27 18:41
VLAI?
Title
Apache::SessionX versions through 2.01 for Perl create insecure session id
Summary
Apache::SessionX versions through 2.01 for Perl create insecure session id.
Apache::SessionX generates session ids insecurely. The default session id generator in Apache::SessionX::Generate::MD5 returns a MD5 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 ?
8.2 (High)
CWE
Assigner
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRICHTER | Apache::SessionX |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2.01
(custom)
|
Credits
Robert Rothenberg
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