Elaborate risks with disabling strict_user_agent_check
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- Documentation
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- Clearly specified
- Activity status
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- documentation, security
Research direction
Start with the “Relaxing checks around user agent strings” section linked in the issue. Expand the warning for disabling strict_user_agent_check to explain the browser mismatch check and the increased session-hijacking risk; it is done when those consequences are clear to readers.
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Description
Currently our docs have a Relaxing checks around user agent strings section
The warning about disabling the strict_user_agent_check should be further elaborate that why significantly increases the risk of session hijacking.
e.g.
When the strict_user_agent_check is disabled, the system no longer verifies that the user's browser (identified by its User-Agent string) matches the one stored in the session.
This significantly increases the risk of session hijacking, as an attacker who steals a session ID can use it to impersonate the user from a different browser or device.
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