GHSA-vpfw-47h7-xj4g
Rack session gets restored after deletion
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2025-32441
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
### Summary When using the `Rack::Session::Pool` middleware, simultaneous rack requests can restore a deleted rack session, which allows the unauthenticated user to occupy that session. ### Details [Rack session middleware](https://github.com/rack/rack/blob/v2.2.13/lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb#L263-L270) prepares the session at the beginning of request, then saves is back to the store with possible changes applied by host rack application. This way the session becomes to be a subject of race conditions in general sense over concurrent rack requests. ### Impact When using the `Rack::Session::Pool` middleware, and provided the attacker can acquire a session cookie (already a major issue), the session may be restored if the attacker can trigger a long running request (within that same session) adjacent to the user logging out, in order to retain illicit access even after a user has attempted to logout. ## Mitigation - Update to the latest version of `rack`, or - Ensure your application invalidates sessions atomically by marking them as logged out e.g., using a `logged_out` flag, instead of deleting them, and check this flag on every request to prevent reuse, or - Implement a custom session store that tracks session invalidation timestamps and refuses to accept session data if the session was invalidated after the request began. ### Related As this code was moved to `rack-session` in Rack 3+, see <https://github.com/rack/rack-session/security/advisories/GHSA-9j94-67jr-4cqj> for the equivalent advisory in `rack-session` (affecting Rack 3+ only).
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| RubyGems · rack | introduced 0, fixed 2.2.14 |
References
- https://github.com/rack/rack-session/security/advisories/GHSA-9j94-67jr-4cqj WEB
- https://github.com/rack/rack/security/advisories/GHSA-vpfw-47h7-xj4g WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32441 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/c48e52f7c57e99e1e1bf54c8760d4f082cd1c89d WEB
- https://github.com/rack/rack PACKAGE
- https://github.com/rack/rack/blob/v2.2.13/lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb#L263-L270 WEB
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack/CVE-2025-32441.yml WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |