Bug 2381699 (CVE-2025-40924) - CVE-2025-40924 catalyst-plugin-session: Catalyst::Plugin::Session generates session ids insecurely
Summary: CVE-2025-40924 catalyst-plugin-session: Catalyst::Plugin::Session generates s...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-40924
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2381743 2381744
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Reported: 2025-07-17 14:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-07-17 20:11 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-07-17 14:01:17 UTC
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.


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