CVE-2026-3256 PUBLISHED

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.

Users on systems with a /dev/urandom device should configure the module to use HTTP::Session::ID::Urandom.

Users on systems without a /dev/urandom (such as Windows) device will need to create custom ID modules that make use of module such as Crypt::SysRandom or Crypt::URandom.

• https://metacpan.org/release/KTAT/http-session-0.53/source/lib/HTTP/Session/ID/SHA1.pm
• https://metacpan.org/release/KTAT/http-session-0.53/source/lib/HTTP/Session/ID/MD5.pm
• https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html

• CWE-340 Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers CWE
• CWE-338 Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator CWE

• CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass