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Medium · 4.6 CVE-2021-41246 EUVD-2021-2474GHSA-7rg2-qxmf-hhx9

Session fixation in express-openid-connect

Published Dec 9, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Express OpenID Connect is express JS middleware implementing sign on for Express web apps using OpenID Connect. Versions before and including `2.5.1` do not regenerate the session id and session cookie when user logs in. This behavior opens up the application to various session fixation vulnerabilities. Versions `2.5.2` contains a patch for this issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
auth0 express-openid-connect >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm express-openid-connect >= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2 2.5.2 GHSA-7rg2-qxmf-hhx9

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