Apache Shiro: Shiro's native session and rememberMe cookies do not have secure flag set by default (Apache Software Foundation Apache Shiro)

CVE-2026-43828
MEDIUM 5.9

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.27 % · percentile 20 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
apache
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

Default configurations of Apache Shiro send sensitive cookies in HTTPS session without 'Secure' attribute. This issue affects Apache Shiro from 1.0 to 2.1.0, and 3.0.0-alpha-1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.1.1, or 3.0.0-alpha-2 or later, which fixes the issue. In the affected versions, Shiro-native session manager, as well as Remember-Me manager sends JSESSIONID and rememberMe cookies without 'secure' attribute by default.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-614 — Sensitive Cookie in HTTPS Session Without 'Secure' Attribute

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/RE:L/U:Amberapache
CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:X/RE:L/U:AmberNVD · security@apache.org (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Advisories

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Shiroaffected 1.0 ≤ 2.1.0 ; affected 3.0.0-alpha-0 ≤ 3.0.0-alpha-1

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD