Security Advisories (1)
CVE-2026-3255 (2026-02-27)

HTTP::Session2 versions before 1.12 for Perl for Perl may generate weak session ids using the rand() function. The HTTP::Session2 session id generator returns a SHA-1 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. HTTP::Session2 after version 1.02 will attempt to use the /dev/urandom device to generate a session id, but if the device is unavailable (for example, under Windows), then it will revert to the insecure method described above.

Changes for version 1.10 - 2018-01-26

  • Validate session ID

Documentation

Modules

HTTP session management
Abstract base class for HTTP::Session2
(Deprecated)Client store

Provides

in lib/HTTP/Session2/Expired.pm
in lib/HTTP/Session2/Random.pm

Examples