Flask vulnerable to possible disclosure of permanent session cookie due to missing Vary: Cookie header
When all of the following conditions are met, a response containing data intended for one client may be cached and subsequently sent by a proxy to other clients. If the proxy also caches `Set-Cookie` headers, it may send one client's `session` cookie to other clients. The severity depends on the application's use of the session, and the proxy's behavior regarding cookies. The risk depends on _all_ these conditions being met. 1. The application must be hosted behind a caching proxy that does not strip cookies or ignore responses with cookies. 2. The application sets [`session.permanent = True`](https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/2.3.x/api/#flask.session.permanent). 2. The application does not access or modify the session at any point during a request. 4. [`SESSION_REFRESH_EACH_REQUEST`](https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/2.3.x/config/#SESSION_REFRESH_EACH_REQUEST) is enabled (the default). 5. The application does not set a `Cache-Control` header to indicate that a page is private or should not be cached. This happens because vulnerable versions of Flask only set the `Vary: Cookie` header when the session is accessed or modified, not when it is refreshed (re-sent to update the expiration) without being accessed or modified.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-30861US | high7.5 | Exploit | ||
Flask is a lightweight WSGI web application framework. When all of the following conditions are met, a response containing data intended for one client may be cached and subsequent… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/pallets/flaskPACKAGE
- https://github.com/pallets/flask/commit/70f906c51ce49c485f1d355703e9cc3386b1cc2bWEB
- https://github.com/pallets/flask/commit/afd63b16170b7c047f5758eb910c416511e9c965WEB
- https://github.com/pallets/flask/releases/tag/2.2.5WEB
- https://github.com/pallets/flask/releases/tag/2.3.2WEB
- https://github.com/pallets/flask/security/advisories/GHSA-m2qf-hxjv-5gpqWEB
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/flask/PYSEC-2023-62.yamlWEB
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00024.htmlWEB
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