GHSA-fpwp-69xv-c67f

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    GHSA-fpwp-69xv-c67f

    Published: 13 Sept 2018Last Modified: 11 Jul 2025

    Summary: aiohttp-session Session Fixation vulnerability

    Details: The pypi package aiohttp-session before 2.4.0 contained a Session Fixation vulnerability in `load_session` function for RedisStorage that can result in Session Hijacking. This attack appear to be exploitable via Any method that allows setting session cookies (`?session=<>`, or meta tags or script tags with Set-Cookie).

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000519, https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp-session/issues/272, https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp-session/commit/6b7864004d3442dbcfaf8687f63262c1c629f569, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fpwp-69xv-c67f, https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp-session, https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp-session/blob/master/aiohttp_session/redis_storage.py#L60, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/aiohttp-session/PYSEC-2018-80.yaml

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: aiohttp-session

    Purl: pkg:pypi/aiohttp-session

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.0

    Affected versions

    0.0.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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    High