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.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-33qg-7wpp-89cq Rack::Session::Cookie secrets: decrypt failure fallback enables secretless session forgery and Marshal deserialization
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Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Rack rack-session
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Description 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.
Title Rack::Session::Cookie secrets: decrypt failure fallback enables secretless session forgery and Marshal deserialization
Weaknesses CWE-287
CWE-345
CWE-502
CWE-565
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T18:44:07.145Z

Reserved: 2026-04-06T19:31:07.266Z

Link: CVE-2026-39324

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-08T18:44:00.411Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-07T18:16:43.387

Modified: 2026-04-07T18:16:43.387

Link: CVE-2026-39324

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Updated: 2026-04-08T19:46:43Z