Session-data disclosure via deterministic AES-ECB cookies
Published Jun 6, 2024 · Updated Mar 25, 2025
Weak encryption in Ninja Core 7.0.0 allows remote attackers to infer sensitive session data from encrypted cookies. CookieEncryption.encrypt requests AES without a mode, causing Java to use deterministic ECB encryption with no initialization vector. Exploitation requires access to encrypted session cookies with repeated plaintext blocks; identical blocks produce identical ciphertext and reveal data patterns.
Summary
What happened
Weak encryption in Ninja Core 7.0.0 allows remote attackers to infer sensitive session data from encrypted cookies. CookieEncryption.encrypt requests AES without a mode, causing Java to use deterministic ECB encryption with no initialization vector. Exploitation requires access to encrypted session cookies with repeated plaintext blocks; identical blocks produce identical ciphertext and reveal data patterns.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-36823
- Published
- Jun 6, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 25, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-327, CWE-326
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 6, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- AES-ECB cookie pattern proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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