Business::GoCardless for Perl skips session check on redirect flows
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
Business-GoCardless for Perl versions before 1.01 complete redirect flows without checking the session token. A remote attacker who obtains another customer's redirect flow ID can create payments or subscriptions against that customer's mandate. Since version 1.00, the same ID creates a new payment on every call (CWE-639).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Business::GoCardless versions before 1.01 for Perl complete redirect flows without checking the session token, letting a leaked redirect flow ID create payments against another customer's mandate. confirm_resource takes no session token from the caller. It reads the redirect flow back from the GoCardless API and completes it with the token from that response, so the check that the flow is completed by the session that started it always passes. It then creates the requested payment or subscription against the flow's mandate. Since version 1.00, a flow that already has a mandate is returned as confirmed without being completed again, so the same ID creates a new payment on every call. A remote attacker who obtains another customer's redirect flow ID can create payments or subscriptions against that customer's mandate.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Business-GoCardless | before 1.01 | 1.01 | Patch available | CNA |
- Business-GoCardless Vendor— Affected before 1.01 Fixed in 1.01 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Upgrade Business-GoCardless to version 1.01, which fixes this flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Business-GoCardless Fixed in 1.01
Timeline
- 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119038
- 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-mcww-5qq7-3cr5
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-119038 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-119038 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mcww-5qq7-3cr5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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