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CVE-2013-7436

novnc: session hijack through insecurely set session token cookies

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · October 28, 2013

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

It was discovered that noVNC did not properly set the 'secure' flag when issuing cookies. An attacker could use this flaw to intercept cookies via a man-in-the-middle attack.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-319 · Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information