Security advisory
aio-libs aiohttp-session contains a Session Fixation vulnerability in load_session function for RedisStorage (see: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp-session/blob/master/aiohttp_session/redis_storage.py#L42) that can result in Session Hijacking. This attack appear to be exploitable via Any method that allows setting session cookies (?session=<>, or meta tags or script tags with Set-Cookie).
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-1000519
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:59 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
aio-libs aiohttp-session contains a Session Fixation vulnerability in load_session function for RedisStorage (see: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp-session/blob/master/aiohttp_session/redis_storage.py#L42) that can result in Session Hijacking. This attack appear to be exploitable via Any method that allows setting session cookies (?session=<>, or meta tags or script tags with Set-Cookie).
osv:CVE-2018-1000519
Complete source record
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