Session Fixation Affecting express-openid-connect package, versions >=2.3.0 <2.5.2


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-EXPRESSOPENIDCONNECT-2314891
  • published 10 Dec 2021
  • disclosed 9 Dec 2021
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade express-openid-connect to version 2.5.2 or higher.

Overview

express-openid-connect is an Express JS middleware implementing sign on for Express web apps using OpenID Connect.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Session Fixation due to a failure to regenerate the session ID and session cookie when a user logs in. This behavior opens up the application to various session fixation vulnerabilities.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

4.6 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

8.8 high