CVE-2025-40925CRITICAL 9.1EPSS p25.2%

CVE-2025-40925CVE-2025-40925

Description

Starch versions 0.14 and earlier generate session ids insecurely. The default session id generator returns a SHA-1 hash seeded with a counter, the epoch time, the built-in rand function, the PID, and internal Perl reference addresses. 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.

Scoring

CVSS 3.19.1 (CRITICAL)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS0.34% probability of exploitation · percentile 25.2% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2025-09-20
Last modified2026-04-15

Underlying weaknesses· 2

CWE-338CWE-340

References

  1. https://github.com/bluefeet/Starch/commit/5573449e64e0660f7ee209d1eab5881d4ccbee3b.patch
  2. https://github.com/bluefeet/Starch/pull/5
  3. https://metacpan.org/dist/Starch/source/lib/Starch/Manager.pm

2

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessUse of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)cwe-3380%live
WeaknessGeneration of Predictable Numbers or Identifierscwe-3400%live

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