CVE-2025-40923

CVE-2025-40923: Plack-Middleware-Session before version 0.35 for Perl generates session ids insecurely

Vendor Miyagawa
Product Plack::Middleware::Session
Weakness CWE-340
Published July 16, 2025
Last update November 4, 2025

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

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02Disclosure timeline

July 16, 2025 CVE published
November 4, 2025 Record updated