CVE-2026-43828 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2026-43828
Vulnerability Scoring

6.5
/10
High Risk

If left unpatched, CVE-2026-43828 could lead to major system disruptions or data loss.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: Required
    User interaction is necessary for successful exploitation.

CVE-2026-43828 Details

Status: Analyzed

Last updated: 🕜 28 May 2026, 13:45 UTC
Originally published on: 🕘 25 May 2026, 21:16 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 2 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

nvd@nist.gov

CVSS3 Type

Primary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2026-43828 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-43828: 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.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2026-43828

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2026-43828 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2026-43828

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2026-43828 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2026-43828, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2026-43828, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: High
    Exploiting CVE-2026-43828 can result in unauthorized access to sensitive data, severely compromising data privacy.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2026-43828 poses no threat to data integrity.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2026-43828 does not impact system availability.

CVE-2026-43828 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-614

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Session Sidejacking CAPEC-102 Session sidejacking takes advantage of an unencrypted communication channel between a victim and target system. The attacker sniffs traffic on a network looking for session tokens in unencrypted traffic. Once a session token is captured, the attacker performs malicious actions by using the stolen token with the targeted application to impersonate the victim. This attack is a specific method of session hijacking, which is exploiting a valid session token to gain unauthorized access to a target system or information. Other methods to perform a session hijacking are session fixation, cross-site scripting, or compromising a user or server machine and stealing the session token.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:1.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:3.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:shiro:3.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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