CVE-2026-56016
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.03
BB Relevance:
62/100
Published: 2026-07-01
Modified: 2026-10-25
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
No Auth
No Interaction
Conf. Impact
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
High
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
Unchanged
C:
High
I:
None
A:
None
Description
CGI::Session::ID::md5 versions before 4.49 for Perl generate predictable session ids from low-entropy sources. The generate_id method builds the session id from a MD5 digest of the process id, the epoch time, and the built-in rand() function. All three are predictable, low-entropy sources: the PID is drawn from a small range, the epoch time can be guessed or read from the HTTP Date header, and Perl's rand() is unsuitable for security purposes because it is predictable and reversible. An attacker who predicts a session id can impersonate the corresponding session and bypass authentication.