Low severity · published May 13, 2025
CVE-2025-47278
Flask uses fallback key instead of current signing key
1.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Flask is a web server gateway interface (WSGI) web application framework. In Flask 3.1.0, the way fallback key configuration was handled resulted in the last fallback key being used for signing, rather than the current signing key. Signing is provided by the `itsdangerous` library. A list of keys can be passed, and it expects the last (top) key in the list to be the most recent key, and uses that for signing. Flask was incorrectly constructing that list in reverse, passing the signing key first. Sites that have opted-in to use key rotation by setting `SECRET_KEY_FALLBACKS` care likely to unexpectedly be signing their sessions with stale keys, and their transition to fresher keys will be impeded. Sessions are still signed, so this would not cause any sort of data integrity loss. Version 3.1.1 contains a patch for the issue.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FL
flask · pallets
= 3.1.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47278
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-47278
github.com
https://github.com/pallets/flask/commit/73d6504063bfa00666a92b07a28aaf906c532f09
github.com
https://github.com/pallets/flask/releases/tag/3.1.1
github.com
https://github.com/pallets/flask/security/advisories/GHSA-4grg-w6v8-c28g
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