CVE-2025-40931 (GCVE-0-2025-40931)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-05 01:41 – Updated: 2026-04-12 17:19
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Title
Apache::Session::Generate::MD5 versions through 1.94 for Perl create insecure session id
Summary
Apache::Session::Generate::MD5 versions through 1.94 for Perl create insecure session id. Apache::Session::Generate::MD5 generates session ids insecurely. The default session id generator returns a MD5 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. Note that the libapache-session-perl package in some Debian-based Linux distributions may be patched to use Crypt::URandom.
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-340 - Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers
  • CWE-338 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator
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CHORNY Apache::Session::Generate::MD5 Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.94 (custom)
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