Passport vulnerable to session regeneration when a users logs in or out

Description

This affects the package passport before 0.6.0. When a user logs in or logs out, the session is regenerated instead of being closed.

Recommendation

Update the passport package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 0.6.0
• Patched version(s): 0.6.0

References

• GHSA-v923-w3x8-wh69
• snyk.io
• CVE-2022-25896
• CWE-384
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A6
• OWASP 2021-A7

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Tags:

npm

passport