CVE-2025-15578
Teejay Maypole 2.10 – 2.13
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2025-15578 is a critical-severity PRNG (CWE-338) vulnerability in Teejay Maypole. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Forge Web Credentials (T1606); ranked at the 20th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-13 (Cryptographic Protection) and SA-8 (Security and Privacy Engineering Principles) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-15578 is a vulnerability in Maypole versions 2.10 through 2.13 for Perl, where session IDs are generated insecurely. The session ID seeding relies on the system time, which is exposed via HTTP response headers, a call to Perl's built-in rand() function, and the process ID (PID). This results in predictable session IDs, mapped to CWE-338 (Use of Cryptographically Weak Random Number Generator), with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). The issue was published on 2026-02-16.
The vulnerability enables remote attackers to exploit it over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction, and no change in scope. Attackers can predict session IDs due to the guessable seeds, allowing potential session hijacking, fixation, or other manipulations that compromise user sessions and lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The provided reference points to the vulnerable source code in Maypole's Session.pm at line 43: https://metacpan.org/dist/Maypole/source/lib/Maypole/Session.pm#L43. No additional advisories or patch details are available in the given information.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-207692
Vulnerability Data
Maypole versions from 2.10 through 2.13 for Perl generates session ids insecurely. The session id is seeded with the system time (which is available from HTTP response headers), a call to the built-in rand() function, and the PID.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 3 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
V7.2.3V11.5.1
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Requiring specific approved cryptography for protection directly mandates use of strong PRNGs instead of weak ones.
Engineering principles applied during design and development include selection of cryptographically strong random number generation.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices explicitly require cryptographically strong RNG selection and usage in security contexts.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Mandates use of approved cryptographic controls, directly requiring cryptographically strong RNGs.
Security testing can detect use of weak random number generators.
Secure SDLC processes should catch weak PRNG usage during design and code review.
Application security requirements can specify cryptographically strong random number generation.
Secure engineering principles include selection of appropriate cryptographic primitives.
Secure coding standards prohibit use of weak PRNGs in security contexts.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
Oracle Linux 8 (1 rule)
- V-248563 The OL 8 SSH server must be configured to use strong entropy. prevents CWE-338
RHEL 8 (1 rule)
- V-230253 RHEL 8 must ensure the SSH server uses strong entropy. prevents CWE-338
Ubuntu 22.04 (1 rule)
- V-260650 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must implement NIST FIPS-validated cryptography to protect classified information and for the following: To provision digital signatures, to generate cryptographic hashes, and to protect unclassified information requiring confidentiality and cryptographic protection in accordance with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, and standards. prevents CWE-338