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2353999 - Security Scan Shows "Session Identifier Not Updated" Risk

Symptom

You are using third party security scan application to check a EP system and it reports issue "Session Identifier Not Updated" as a risk. The text may look like below.

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Security Risks : Session Identifier Not Updated

Risk(s): It may be possible to steal or manipulate customer session and cookies, which might be used to impersonate a legitimate user, allowing the hacker to view or alter user records, and to perform transactions as that user.

Fix: Change session identifier values after login
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Environment

NetWeaver AS Java all releases

Product

SAP NetWeaver all versions

Keywords

Session Identifier, security risk, security vulnerability, JSESSIONID, JSESSIONMARKID, SessionIdRegenerationEnabled , KBA , BC-JAS-WEB , Web Container, HTTP, JavaMail, Servlets , Problem

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