Werk #2392: Auth cookie is always using "httponly" flag

Component User interface
Title Auth cookie is always using "httponly" flag
Date Jun 30, 2015
Level Trivial Change
Class Security Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.2.7i3
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3
Not yet released
Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
1.2.7i3 Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

All newly issued authentication cookies have the flag "httponly" set now. This makes the cookie values inaccessible from scripts executed in the browser, e.g. from Javascript. This secures the cookie against some sorts of cookie stealing attempts.

See https://www.owasp.org/index.php/HttpOnly for details.

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