CVE-2024-53990

The AsyncHttpClient AHC library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. When making any HTTP request, the automatically enabled and self-managed CookieStore aka cookie jar will silently replace explicitly defined Cookies with any that ha...

CVE-2024-53990 AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library's `CookieStore` replaces explicitly defined `Cookie`s

The AsyncHttpClient AHC library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. When making any HTTP request, the automatically enabled and self-managed CookieStore aka cookie jar will silently replace explicitly defined Cookies with any that ha...

CVE-2024-53990

The CVE-2024-53990 issue affects the AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library where an auto-enabled CookieStore silently replaces cookies with the same name from the cookie jar. This can cause cookies from one user to be used in another user’s requests, creating potential unauthorized data exposure in multi...

CVE-2024-53990 AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library's `CookieStore` replaces explicitly defined `Cookie`s

The AsyncHttpClient AHC library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. When making any HTTP request, the automatically enabled and self-managed CookieStore aka cookie jar will silently replace explicitly defined Cookies with any that ha...

Algolia: RCE on facebooksearch.algolia.com

While doing recon on Algolia, I found that the session secret for facebooksearch.algolia.com has been committed to a public GitHub repository. Since the Rails app running at facebooksearch.algolia.com is using CookieStore as the session storage, this means an attacker knowing the session secret c...

Nearly 2000 Sites Vulnerable to Ruby on Rails Cookie Problem

A lingering security issue in Ruby on Rails that stems from a setting in the framework’s cookie-based storage mechanism is still present in almost 2,000 websites. Sites using an old version of Ruby on Rails that relies on CookieStore, the framework’s default cookie storage mechanism, are at risk...

Some Versions of Ruby on Rails Could Expose Cookies

Versions 2.0 to 4.0 of the popular open source Web framework Ruby on Rails are vulnerable to a Web security issue involving cookies that could make it much easier for someone to log in to an app as another user. According to security researcher G.S. McNamara, Ruby on Rails’ defacto session storin...