Dancer2 versions through 2.1.0 for Perl generate insecure session ids when CSPRNG modules are...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Dancer2 versions through 2.1.0 for Perl generate insecure session ids when CSPRNG modules are unavailable.
Dancer2::Core::Role::SessionFactory::generate_id silently falls back to a built-in rand-derived session id when both Math::Random::ISAAC::XS and Crypt::URandom are unavailable.
The fallback session id is generated from a SHA-1 hash of a call to the built-in rand function, the absolute path of the Dancer2::Core::Role::SessionFactory module, an internal counter, the process id, the module instance memory address, and a shuffled string of characters (using the List::Util::shuffle function, which also uses the built-in rand function).
These are all low-entropy and easily guessed sources.
The built-in rand() function is seeded with 32-bits and considered unsuitable for security applications.
Predictable session ids could allow an attacker to gain access to systems.
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13577
- https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/blob/v2.1.0/lib/Dancer2/Core/Role/SessionFactory.pm#L142
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5080
- https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/issues/1807
- https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/pull/1804
- https://metacpan.org/release/CROMEDOME/Dancer2-2.2.0/changes
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ccc2-34g9-j7rg