Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

Yes. An attacker can exploit this remotely by causing victims to use attacker-controlled or known session IDs and then waiting for them to log in, after which the attacker reuses the same session.

Does exploitation require valid credentials?

The attacker typically does not need the victim's credentials. The attacker needs to control or know the victim's session ID and then rely on the victim to authenticate, turning that session into an authenticated one.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

The most robust fix is to regenerate the session identifier on every successful login (and on privilege elevation), invalidating the previous session and ensuring that any pre-authentication session ID cannot become an authenticated session.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.3)

Session Fixation (CWE-384) in SourceCodester Prison Management System Login Component

CVE-2026-2177

Published:

Feb 8, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

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Account Takeover / Loss of Account Control

February 17, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

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Remote Code Execution on the Server Host

February 17, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Session Management Vulnerability

CWE:

CWE-384

Impact:

Account Takeover / Session Hijacking

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.3)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Session Management Vulnerability

CWE:

CWE-384

Impact:

Account Takeover / Session Hijacking

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.3)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Session Fixation (CWE-384) in SourceCodester Prison Management System Login Component

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Missing Authentication for Forgot-Password Email Change API (CWE-306)

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in node-sonos-http-api TTS Provider for macOS

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