CVE-2022-41542 is a medium-severity vulnerability identified in devhub version 0.102.0, characterized as a broken session control issue. Broken session control refers to weaknesses in the management of user sessions, which can allow attackers to hijack or manipulate active sessions. This vulnerability is classified under CWE-613, which pertains to insufficient session expiration or invalidation mechanisms. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4 reflects a moderate risk, with an attack vector of network (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring privileges (PR:L), no user interaction (UI:N), unchanged scope (S:U), and limited impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L) but no impact on availability (A:N). The vulnerability allows an attacker with some level of privileges to exploit the session control flaw remotely without user interaction, potentially leading to unauthorized access or privilege escalation by leveraging session tokens or identifiers that are not properly invalidated or protected. Although no specific vendor or product details beyond devhub 0.102.0 are provided, the lack of patch links and known exploits in the wild suggests that this vulnerability might be under-reported or not yet widely exploited. The technical details indicate the vulnerability was reserved in late September 2022 and published in October 2022, with enrichment from CISA, highlighting its recognition by authoritative cybersecurity entities.

For European organizations using devhub 0.102.0 or related software components, this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive systems or data due to session hijacking or manipulation. The broken session control could allow attackers with limited privileges to escalate their access or maintain persistent unauthorized sessions, undermining confidentiality and integrity of organizational data. This is particularly critical for sectors handling sensitive personal data under GDPR, such as finance, healthcare, and government services. The impact is heightened in environments where session management is a cornerstone of access control and where multi-factor authentication or additional session protections are not implemented. While availability is not directly affected, the breach of session integrity could facilitate further attacks or data exfiltration, causing reputational damage and regulatory penalties for European entities.

European organizations should immediately audit their use of devhub 0.102.0 and related session management implementations. Specific mitigations include: 1) Implementing strict session expiration policies and ensuring sessions are invalidated upon logout or after a defined period of inactivity. 2) Employing secure, HttpOnly, and SameSite cookie attributes to protect session tokens from interception or cross-site attacks. 3) Enforcing multi-factor authentication to reduce the risk of session hijacking. 4) Monitoring session activity for anomalies such as concurrent sessions from different IP addresses or unusual access patterns. 5) Applying any available patches or updates from the devhub maintainers as soon as they are released. 6) Conducting penetration testing focused on session management to identify and remediate weaknesses. 7) Educating developers and administrators on secure session management best practices to prevent recurrence.