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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-11729

An issue was discovered in DAViCal Andrew's Web Libraries (AWL) through 0.60. Long-term session cookies, uses to provide long-term session continuity, are not generated securely, enabling a brute-force attack that may be successful.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:42 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-11729

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Apr 2020, 16:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in DAViCal Andrew's Web Libraries (AWL) through 0.60. Long-term session cookies, uses to provide long-term session continuity, are not generated securely, enabling a brute-force attack that may be successful.

osv:CVE-2020-11729
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11729",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-11729",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in DAViCal Andrew's Web Libraries (AWL) through 0.60. Long-term session cookies, uses to provide long-term session continuity, are not generated securely, enabling a brute-force attack that may be successful.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-11729",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "3efb13de38ea4c1cc298f206199848467af18456"
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            "r0.54"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:17.208258700Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=956650",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00011.html",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4660",
        "https://gitlab.com/davical-project/awl/-/issues/18"
      ],
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                  },
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              }
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        ]
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 382514,
  "published_at": "2020-04-15T16:15:16.707+00:00"
}