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CRITICALCVE-2026-39324Published Modified CNA GitHub_M

CVE-2026-39324: Rack::Session::Cookie secrets: decrypt failure fallback enables secretless session forgery and Marshal deserialization

Rack::Session is a session management implementation for Rack. From 2.0.0 to before 2.1.2, Rack::Session::Cookie incorrectly handles decryption failures when configured with secrets:. If cookie decryption fails, the implementation falls back to a default decoder instead of rejecting the cookie. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to supply a crafted session cookie that is accepted as valid session data without knowledge of any configured secret. Because this mechanism is used to load session state, an attacker can manipulate session contents and potentially gain unauthorized access. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.2.

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CVSS v4.0
9.3
Severity
CRITICAL
Fixed in
Affected Products
1
Affected packages
  • rack / rack-session
    >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.2
CVSS Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N