CVE-2026-43828

Apache Shiro: Shiro's native session and rememberMe cookies do not have secure flag set by default

State: Published
Severity: 5.9 Medium
Published: May 25, 2026
Updated: May 26, 2026
Reserved: May 3, 2026

Description

Default configurations of Apache Shiro send sensitive cookies in HTTPS session without 'Secure' attribute.

This issue affects Apache Shiro from 1.0 to 2.1.0, and 3.0.0-alpha-1.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.1.1, or 3.0.0-alpha-2 or later, which fixes the issue.

In the affected versions, Shiro-native session manager, as well as Remember-Me manager sends JSESSIONID and rememberMe cookies without 'secure' attribute by default.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	5.9 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/RE:L/U:Amber	apache

Weaknesses

CWE-614 Sensitive Cookie in HTTPS Session Without 'Secure' Attribute

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Apache ShiroApache Software Foundation	1.0 through 2.1.0Affected 3.0.0-alpha-0 through 3.0.0-alpha-1Affected

References

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