Security Advisories (3)
CVE-2006-1279 (2006-03-19)

CGI::Session 4.03-1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used by (1) Driver::File, (2) Driver::db_file, and possibly (3) Driver::sqlite.

CPANSA-CGI-Session-2006-01 (2006-04-06)

possible SQL injection attack

CVE-2026-56016 (2026-07-01)

CGI::Session::ID::md5 versions before 4.49 for Perl generate predictable session ids from low-entropy sources. The generate_id method builds the session id from a MD5 digest of the process id, the epoch time, and the built-in rand() function. All three are predictable, low-entropy sources: the PID is drawn from a small range, the epoch time can be guessed or read from the HTTP Date header, and Perl's rand() is unsuitable for security purposes because it is predictable and reversible. An attacker who predicts a session id can impersonate the corresponding session and bypass authentication.

Modules

persistent session data in CGI applications
Default CGI::Session driver BluePrint
tutorial on session management in cgi applications
DB_File driver for CGI::Session
Example on using CGI::Session
Default CGI::Session driver
CGI::Session ID driver
default CGI::Session ID driver
SHA1 session id generator
MySQL driver for CGI::Session
PostgreSQL driver for CGI::Session
default serializer for CGI::Session
serializer for CGI::Session
serializer for CGI::Session
extended CGI::Session manual