01 Record
CVE-2025-40926
Plack::Middleware::Session::Simple versions before 0.05 for Perl generates session ids insecurely
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: CPANSec
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Plack::Middleware::Session::Simple versions before 0.05 for Perl generates session ids insecurely
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-03-05 01:24Z7 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-21 02:42Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-04-16
- Assigning CNA
- CPANSec
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 81d79ae2e5489a8605213c3323683ba4c9cc467b65e3540b6a3c3b5630db64a9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- metacpan.orghttps://metacpan.org/release/KAZEBURO/Plack-Middleware-Session-Simple-0.04/source/lib/Plack/Middleware/Session/Simple.pm#L43
- github.comhttps://github.com/kazeburo/Plack-Middleware-Session-Simple/pull/4
- github.comhttps://github.com/kazeburo/Plack-Middleware-Session-Simple/commit/760bb358b8f53e52cf415888a4ac858fd99bb24e.patch
- www.cve.orghttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40923
- security.metacpan.orghttps://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html
- metacpan.orghttps://metacpan.org/release/KAZEBURO/Plack-Middleware-Session-Simple-0.05/changes
07 Remediation
Users are advised to upgrade to version 0.05 or later.