What is CVE-2022-25896?

CVE-2022-25896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Passport Project, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-07-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-25896?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Passport Project

CVE-2022-25896

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.

Published 2022-07-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Passport Project
Passport — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-384 — Session Fixation

References

snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PASSPORT-2840631 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/jaredhanson/passport/pull/900 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/jaredhanson/passport/commit/7e9b9cf4d7be02428e963fc729496a45baeea608 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-25896?: CVE-2022-25896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Passport Project, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-07-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-25896?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.