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Security Advisories (1)
CVE-2026-3256 (2026-03-28)

HTTP::Session versions through 0.53 for Perl defaults to using insecurely generated session ids. HTTP::Session defaults to using HTTP::Session::ID::SHA1 to generate session ids using a SHA-1 hash seeded with the built-in rand function, the high resolution 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. The distribution includes HTTP::session::ID::MD5 which contains a similar flaw, but uses the MD5 hash instead.

NAME

HTTP::Session::Store::File - File session store

SYNOPSIS

HTTP::Session->new(
    store => HTTP::Session::Store::File->new(
        dir => '/path/to/session/',
    ),
    state => ...,
    request => ...,
);

DESCRIPTION

file store for HTTP::Session

CONFIGURATION

dir

path to session directory

METHODS

select
update
delete
insert

for internal use only

AUTHORS

Kazuho Oku

SEE ALSO

HTTP::Session