CVE-2026-75870 (GCVE-0-2026-75870)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-22 13:35 – Updated: 2026-08-22 19:07
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Punk versions before 0.18 for Perl allow session cookie forgery via an empty default HMAC key when a session is declared without a secret
Summary
Punk versions before 0.18 for Perl allow session cookie forgery via an empty default HMAC key when a session is declared without a secret.
The session keyword freezes its options onto the application as given: it does not require a secret, warn, or refuse to start when one is absent. The cookie read and the write-back both default that key to the empty string, so a declaration with no secret option, or with an undefined or empty one, signs and verifies with a zero-length HMAC-SHA256 key.
An attacker who knows the cookie format can then mint one offline carrying any contents the session holds, such as a user identifier or a role. Nothing marks the misconfiguration at runtime: cookies are well formed and sessions round-trip as expected.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- CWE-1394 - Use of Default Cryptographic Key
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://metacpan.org/release/LNATION/Punk-0.17/so… | technical-description |
| https://metacpan.org/release/LNATION/Punk-0.17/vi… | technical-description |
| https://metacpan.org/release/LNATION/Punk-0.18/so… | release-notes |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/22/5 |
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