Apache::Session::Generate::MD5 generates session ids insecurely. The default session id generator returns a MD5 hash seeded with the built-in rand() function, the epoch time, and the PID. 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. Predicable session ids could allow an attacker to gain access to systems.
Note that the libapache-session-perl package in some Debian-based Linux distributions may be patched to use Crypt::URandom.
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Solution
Consider alternate solutions like https://metacpan.org/pod/Apache::Session::Generate::Random
Workaround
Apply the patch from the Debian Perl Group that uses Crypt::URandom.
Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:30:00 +0000
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| Description | Apache::Session::Generate::MD5 versions through 1.94 for Perl create insecure session id. Apache::Session::Generate::MD5 generates session ids insecurely. The default session id generator returns a MD5 hash seeded with the built-in rand() function, the epoch time, and the PID. 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. Predicable session ids could allow an attacker to gain access to systems. | Apache::Session::Generate::MD5 versions through 1.94 for Perl create insecure session id. Apache::Session::Generate::MD5 generates session ids insecurely. The default session id generator returns a MD5 hash seeded with the built-in rand() function, the epoch time, and the PID. 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. Predicable session ids could allow an attacker to gain access to systems. Note that the libapache-session-perl package in some Debian-based Linux distributions may be patched to use Crypt::URandom. |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:chorny:apache\:\:session\:\:generate\:\:md5:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* | |
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| Description | Apache::Session::Generate::MD5 versions through 1.94 for Perl create insecure session id. Apache::Session::Generate::MD5 generates session ids insecurely. The default session id generator returns a MD5 hash seeded with the built-in rand() function, the epoch time, and the PID. 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. Predicable session ids could allow an attacker to gain access to systems. | |
| Title | Apache::Session::Generate::MD5 versions through 1.94 for Perl create insecure session id | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-338 CWE-340 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-12T17:19:38.170Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T09:05:34.363Z
Link: CVE-2025-40931
Updated: 2026-03-05T11:12:52.118Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2026-03-05T02:16:39.960
Modified: 2026-04-12T18:16:38.647
Link: CVE-2025-40931
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-03-06T15:17:59Z