CVE-2026-27205 (GCVE-0-2026-27205)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-21 05:21 – Updated: 2026-02-24 19:03
VLAI
Title
Flask session does not add `Vary: Cookie` header when accessed in some ways
Summary
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.
Severity
2.3 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-24 19:02 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-524 - Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7820 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
pallets flask Affected: < 3.1.3
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