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CVE record · CVE-2026-8503

Apache::Session::Generate::SHA256 versions before 1.3.19 for Perl create insecure session ids

CVSS 6.5 MediumEPSS 0.0024 · 15th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: CPANSec) at 15 May 2026, 11:06 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
GUIMARD Apache::Session::Generate::SHA256 Package name: Apache-Session-Browsable https://cpan.org/modules
  • affected before 1.3.19 custom
Other versions: unaffected
Identifiers
CVE-2026-8503
CNA
CPANSec
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-338 · CWE-340
Tags
Published
15 May 2026
Updated
15 May 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.5 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N ADP (CISA-ADP)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0024, the 15th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 15 May 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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