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#session-management

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Latest Signals (3)

The Lab 路 2026-04-07 23:27:24 路 GitHub Issues

1. 馃煛 LOW: WebUI Session Management Missing Timeout and Hardening

The WebUI for this project contains a critical security gap: its session-based authentication lacks fundamental hardening controls, leaving user sessions exposed. A review of the codebase reveals no evidence of session timeout mechanisms, secure cookie flags, or protections against session fixation. This means active s...

The Lab 路 2026-04-09 01:27:04 路 GitHub Issues

2. GitHub Security Fix: CookieSessionAuthMiddleware Bug Allowed Empty User IDs as Authenticated

A critical security flaw in a widely used authentication middleware has been patched. The vulnerability, tracked in GitHub issue #3410, stemmed from the `CookieSessionAuthMiddleware` incorrectly treating sessions with an empty or missing `user_id` field as fully authenticated users. This bug effectively allowed corrupt...

The Lab 路 2026-04-14 20:23:07 路 GitHub Issues

3. Claudony Security Patch: Hardcoded Session Encryption Key Replaced with Auto-Generated Per-Deployment Key

A critical security vulnerability has been patched in the Claudony project. The production session encryption key, `%prod.quarkus.http.auth.session.encryption-key`, was discovered to be hardcoded in a public `application.properties` file. This meant every single deployment of the software was using the same shared secr...