CVE-2026-56016

high Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 92% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Published: July 1, 2026 (8 days ago)
Last Modified: July 1, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in perl-CGI-Session. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to predict session identifiers due to the use of low-entropy sources in the `generate_id` method. By predicting a session identifier, an attacker can impersonate a user's session, leading to a bypass of authentication mechanisms and potential unauthorized access to sensitive information or functionality.

CWE

CWE-331

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 metacpan.org 🔗 metacpan.org