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GHSA-4m3m-ppvx-xgw9

Session fixation in fastify-passport

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2023-29019

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npm @fastify/passport < 1.1.0 1.1.0
npm @fastify/passport >= 2.0.0, < 2.3.0 2.3.0

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

Applications using `@fastify/passport` for user authentication, in combination with `@fastify/session` as the underlying session management mechanism, are vulnerable to [session fixation attacks](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Session_fixation) from network and same-site attackers. ## Details fastify applications rely on the `@fastify/passport` library for user authentication. The login and user validation are performed by the `authenticate` function. When executing this function, the `sessionId` is preserved between the pre-login and the authenticated session. Network and [same-site attackers](https://canitakeyoursubdomain.name/) can hijack the victim's session by tossing a valid `sessionId` cookie in the victim's browser and waiting for the victim to log in on the website. ## Fix As a solution, newer versions of `@fastify/passport` regenerate `sessionId` upon login, preventing the attacker-controlled pre-session cookie from being upgraded to an authenticated session. ## Credits * Pedro Adão (@pedromigueladao), [Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon](https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/) * Marco Squarcina (@lavish), [Security & Privacy Research Unit, TU Wien](https://secpriv.wien/)

References

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