CVE-2021-41246 affects Auth0's Express OpenID Connect middleware versions up to 2.5.1, allowing session fixation due to the failure to regenerate session IDs and cookies upon user login. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the underlying CWE-384 (Session Fixation) is a well-understood attack class.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.3.0, < 2.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:auth0:express_openid_connect:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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