CVE-2026-39324 PUBLISHED

Rack::Session::Cookie secrets: decrypt failure fallback enables secretless session forgery and Marshal deserialization

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 06.04.2026 Published: 07.04.2026 Updated: 07.04.2026

Rack::Session is a session management implementation for Rack. From 2.0.0 to before 2.1.2, Rack::Session::Cookie incorrectly handles decryption failures when configured with secrets:. If cookie decryption fails, the implementation falls back to a default decoder instead of rejecting the cookie. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to supply a crafted session cookie that is accepted as valid session data without knowledge of any configured secret. Because this mechanism is used to load session state, an attacker can manipulate session contents and potentially gain unauthorized access. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.3

Product Status

Vendor rack
Product rack-session
Versions
  • Version >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication CWE
  • CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity CWE
  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data CWE
  • CWE-565: Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking CWE