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

MEDIUM 4.8CVE-2022-25896 · GHSA-v923-w3x8-wh69 · SNYK-JS-PASSPORT-2840631 · Published 01/07/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-25896 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.8) vulnerability affecting passport (passport project), passport.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 66.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 0.6.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
passport passport_project	`< 0.6.0`	`0.6.0`
passport npm	`< 0.6.0`	`0.6.0`

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.

NVD 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.

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