CVE-2025-40925

critical

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.

References

https://metacpan.org/dist/Starch/source/lib/Starch/Manager.pm

https://github.com/bluefeet/Starch/pull/5

https://github.com/bluefeet/Starch/commit/5573449e64e0660f7ee209d1eab5881d4ccbee3b.patch

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-09-20

Updated: 2025-09-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017