CVE-2026-39324 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-39324: Rack::Session::Cookie secrets: decrypt failure fallback enables secretless session forgery and Marshal deserialization

Vendor Rack
Product rack-session
Weakness CWE-287 · Improper authentication
Published April 7, 2026
Last update April 8, 2026

CVSS base score

9.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Rack::Session is a session management implementation for Rack. From 2.0.0 to before 2.1.2, Rack::Session::Cookie incorrectly handles decryption failures when configured with secrets:. If cookie decryption fails, the implementation falls back to a default decoder instead of rejecting the cookie. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to supply a crafted session cookie that is accepted as valid session data without knowledge of any configured secret. Because this mechanism is used to load session state, an attacker can manipulate session contents and potentially gain unauthorized access. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.2.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 7, 2026 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated