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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-75870",
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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "CPANSec",
        "dateReserved": "2026-08-18T11:59:49.642Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-08-22T13:35:58.346Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-22T19:07:10.053Z"
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                    "collectionURL": "https://cpan.org/modules",
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                            "name": "Punk::App::session"
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Punk versions before 0.18 for Perl allow session cookie forgery via an empty default HMAC key when a session is declared without a secret.\n\nThe session keyword freezes its options onto the application as given: it does not require a secret, warn, or refuse to start when one is absent. The cookie read and the write-back both default that key to the empty string, so a declaration with no secret option, or with an undefined or empty one, signs and verifies with a zero-length HMAC-SHA256 key.\n\nAn attacker who knows the cookie format can then mint one offline carrying any contents the session holds, such as a user identifier or a role. Nothing marks the misconfiguration at runtime: cookies are well formed and sessions round-trip as expected."
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                            "cweId": "CWE-1394",
                            "description": "CWE-1394 Use of Default Cryptographic Key",
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                            "type": "CWE"
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                },
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                    "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/LNATION/Punk-0.17/view/lib/Punk.pm"
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                    "tags": [
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                    "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/LNATION/Punk-0.18/source/Changes"
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Upgrade to Punk 0.18 or later."
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            "source": {
                "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
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            "title": "Punk versions before 0.18 for Perl allow session cookie forgery via an empty default HMAC key when a session is declared without a secret",
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                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "For deployments that cannot upgrade to 0.18, declare the session keyword with a non-empty secret. The secret keyword fails closed, so sourcing the key through it turns a missing configuration path or an unset environment variable into a startup error."
                }
            ],
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            {
                "title": "CVE Program Container",
                "references": [
                    {
                        "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/22/5"
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