CVE-2026-39324CWE-287CWE-345CWE-502CWE-565

Rack::Session::Cookie secrets: decrypt failure fallback enables secretless session forgery and Marshal deserialization

Critical · published April 7, 2026

CVSS v4.0
9.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
18.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Rack::Session is a session management implementation for Rack. From 2.0.0 to before 2.1.2, Rack::Session::Cookie incorrectly handles decryption failures when configured with secrets:. If cookie decryption fails, the implementation falls back to a default decoder instead of rejecting the cookie. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to supply a crafted session cookie that is accepted as valid session data without knowledge of any configured secret. Because this mechanism is used to load session state, an attacker can manipulate session contents and potentially gain unauthorized access. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
9.3 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00270 · 18.1th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-287 · Improper Authentication; CWE-345 · Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity; CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted Data; CWE-565 · Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking
Published
2026-04-07T18:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 APR 18:13Z
    Rack::Session::Cookie secrets: decrypt failure fallback enables secretless session forgery and Marshal deserialization
    cvelistv5