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GHSA-M76J-7JH6-JXJ5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-17 00:30 – Updated: 2026-02-17 15:31

Details

Maypole versions from 2.10 through 2.13 for Perl generates session ids insecurely. The session id is seeded with the system time (which is available from HTTP response headers), a call to the built-in rand() function, and the PID.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "aliases": [
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  ],
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  "id": "GHSA-m76j-7jh6-jxj5",
  "modified": "2026-02-17T15:31:35Z",
  "published": "2026-02-17T00:30:18Z",
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    }
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CVE-2025-15578 (GCVE-0-2025-15578)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-16 21:18 – Updated: 2026-02-17 14:46

Title

Maypole versions from 2.10 through 2.13 for Perl generates session ids insecurely

Summary

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-338 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

Assigner

CPANSec

References

URL

Tags

https://metacpan.org/dist/Maypole/source/lib/Mayp…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	TEEJAY	Maypole	Affected: 2.10 , ≤ 2.13 (custom)

Credits

Robert Rothenberg

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              "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-M76J-7JH6-JXJ5

CVE-2025-15578 (GCVE-0-2025-15578)

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