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Catalyst-Plugin-Session-0.38
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Security Advisories (1)
CVE-2025-40924 (2025-07-17)

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.

NAME

Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store::Dummy - Doesn't really store sessions - useful for tests.

SYNOPSIS

use Catalyst qw/Session Session::Store::Dummy/;

DESCRIPTION

This plugin will "store" data in a hash.

METHODS

See Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store.

get_session_data
store_session_data
delete_session_data
delete_expired_sessions