CPANSA-Amon2-Plugin-Web-CSRFDefender-2026-5082: Amon2-Plugin-Web-CSRFDefender vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2026-04-08T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26
Current release date 2026-04-08T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 5.3 Severity
Original language Language en
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Vulnerability Description

Amon2::Plugin::Web::CSRFDefender versions from 7.00 through 7.03 for Perl generate an insecure session id. The generate_session_id function will attempt to read bytes from the /dev/urandom device, but if that is unavailable then it generates bytes using SHA-1 hash seeded with the built-in rand() function, the PID, and the high resolution epoch time. 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. Amon2::Plugin::Web::CSRFDefender versions before 7.00 were part of Amon2, which was vulnerable to insecure session ids due to CVE-2025-15604. Note that the author has deprecated this module.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-5082

Vulnerability Description

Amon2::Plugin::Web::CSRFDefender versions from 7.00 through 7.03 for Perl generate an insecure session id.

The generate_session_id function will attempt to read bytes from the /dev/urandom device, but if that is unavailable then it generates bytes using SHA-1 hash seeded with the built-in rand() function, the PID, and the high resolution epoch time. 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.

Amon2::Plugin::Web::CSRFDefender versions before 7.00 were part of Amon2, which was vulnerable to insecure session ids due to CVE-2025-15604.

Note that the author has deprecated this module.

Weakness CWE-338 : Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
Amon2-Plugin-Web-CSRFDefender greater than or equal 7.00 and less than or equal 7.03
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L 5.3 Medium
Fixed

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References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Wed Apr 8 00:00:00 2026 First release

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