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HIGH8.1

GHSA-4m3m-ppvx-xgw9

Session fixation in fastify-passport

Quick fix

GHSA-4m3m-ppvx-xgw9 — @fastify/passport: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install @fastify/passport@1.1.0

Details

Applications using `@fastify/passport` for user authentication, in combination with `@fastify/session` as the underlying session management mechanism, are vulnerable to [session fixation attacks](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Session_fixation) from network and same-site attackers.

## Details fastify applications rely on the `@fastify/passport` library for user authentication. The login and user validation are performed by the `authenticate` function. When executing this function, the `sessionId` is preserved between the pre-login and the authenticated session. Network and [same-site attackers](https://canitakeyoursubdomain.name/) can hijack the victim's session by tossing a valid `sessionId` cookie in the victim's browser and waiting for the victim to log in on the website.

## Fix As a solution, newer versions of `@fastify/passport` regenerate `sessionId` upon login, preventing the attacker-controlled pre-session cookie from being upgraded to an authenticated session.

## Credits * Pedro Adão (@pedromigueladao), [Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon](https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/) * Marco Squarcina (@lavish), [Security & Privacy Research Unit, TU Wien](https://secpriv.wien/)

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Affected packages

npm/@fastify/passport
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.1.0
Fixnpm install @fastify/passport@1.1.0
npm/@fastify/passport
Introduced in: 2.0.0Fixed in: 2.3.0
Fixnpm install @fastify/passport@2.3.0

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