CVE-2026-5082 PUBLISHED

Amon2::Plugin::Web::CSRFDefender versions from 7.00 through 7.03 for Perl generate an insecure session id

Assigner: CPANSec
Reserved: 28.03.2026 Published: 08.04.2026 Updated: 08.04.2026

Amon2::Plugin::Web::CSRFDefender versions from 7.00 through 7.03 for Perl generate an insecure session id.

The generate_session_id function will attempt to read bytes from the /dev/urandom device, but if that is unavailable then it generates bytes using SHA-1 hash seeded with the built-in rand() function, the PID, and the high resolution epoch time. 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.

Amon2::Plugin::Web::CSRFDefender versions before 7.00 were part of Amon2, which was vulnerable to insecure session ids due to CVE-2025-15604.

Note that the author has deprecated this module.

Product Status

Vendor TOKUHIROM
Product Amon2::Plugin::Web::CSRFDefender
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 7.00 to 7.03 (incl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to Amon2::Plugin::Web::CSRFDefender version 7.04 or later.

References

Problem Types

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

Impacts

  • CAPEC-62 Cross Site Request Forgery