CVE-2026-27205

Flask session does not add `Vary: Cookie` header when accessed in some ways

State
Published
Severity
2.3 Low
Published
Feb 21, 2026
Updated
Feb 24, 2026
Reserved
Feb 18, 2026

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Description

Flask is a web server gateway interface (WSGI) web application framework. In versions 3.1.2 and below, when the session object is accessed, Flask should set the Vary: Cookie header., resulting in a Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability. The logic instructs caches not to cache the response, as it may contain information specific to a logged in user. This is handled in most cases, but some forms of access such as the Python in operator were overlooked. The severity and risk depend on the application being hosted behind a caching proxy that doesn't ignore responses with cookies, not setting a Cache-Control header to mark pages as private or non-cacheable, and accessing the session in a way that only touches keys without reading values or mutating the session. The issue has been fixed in version 3.1.3.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.02.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-524 Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information

Affected Products

ProductVersions
flaskpallets
  • < 3.1.3Affected

References

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