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CVE-2022-25896: Session Fixation

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-07-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-384

Description

This affects the package passport before 0.6.0. When a user logs in or logs out, the session is regenerated instead of being closed.

Affected products

• passport: before 0.6.0 — fixed in 0.6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: passport 0.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/jaredhanson/passport/commit/7e9b9cf4d7be02428e963fc729496a45baeea608
• https://github.com/jaredhanson/passport/pull/900
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PASSPORT-2840631
• https://github.com/jaredhanson/passport/commit/7e9b9cf4d7be02428e963fc729496a45baeea608
• https://github.com/jaredhanson/passport/pull/900
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PASSPORT-2840631

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