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High · 8.2 CVE-2026-13577 EUVD-2026-45896GHSA-ccc2-34g9-j7rg

Dancer2 versions before 2.2.0 for Perl generate insecure session ids when required CSPRNG modules are unavailable

Published Jul 20, 2026 · Updated Sep 20, 2026 · Assigned by CPANSec

Description

Dancer2 versions before 2.2.0 for Perl generate insecure session ids when required CSPRNG modules are unavailable.

Dancer2::Core::Role::SessionFactory::generate_id silently falls back to a built-in rand-derived session id unless both Math::Random::ISAAC::XS and Crypt::URandom are available.

The fallback session id is generated from a SHA-1 hash of a call to the built-in rand function, the absolute path of the Dancer2::Core::Role::SessionFactory module, an internal counter, the process id, the module instance memory address, and a shuffled string of characters (using the List::Util::shuffle function, which also uses the built-in rand function).

These are all low-entropy and easily guessed sources.

The built-in rand() function is seeded with 32-bits and considered unsuitable for security applications.

Predictable session ids could allow an attacker to gain access to systems.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Dancer2 < 2.2.0 2.2.0

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libdancer2-perl 2.2.2-1 —
Debian 13 libdancer2-perl No fix yet —
Debian 12 libdancer2-perl No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libdancer2-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libdancer2-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libdancer2-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libdancer2-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libdancer2-perl No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libdancer2-perl No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libdancer2-perl No fix yet —

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