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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/28/5

HTTP::Session versions through 0.53 for Perl defaults to using insecurely generated session ids.

HTTP::Session defaults to using HTTP::Session::ID::SHA1 to generate session ids using a SHA-1 hash seeded with the built-in rand function, the high resolution 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.

The distribution includes HTTP::session::ID::MD5 which contains a similar flaw, but uses the MD5 hash instead.

CWE-338

CWE-340

https://metacpan.org/release/KTAT/http-session-0.53/source/lib/HTTP/Session/ID/MD5.pm

https://metacpan.org/release/KTAT/http-session-0.53/source/lib/HTTP/Session/ID/SHA1.pm

https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html