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Hey everyone! I just had something rather weird and concerning happen. While browsing Lemmy through the default web interface, I clicked on a post link and got the usual server error. I refreshed the page and got the same thing. Then, I refreshed a second time and while the post loaded, I was a bit perplexed as my Lemmy theme was completely different. I thought that was weird, so I decided to go Settings. That's when I realized that the username in the top right corner was not my own. Instead of "Shrinra", it showed "aeharding"! I clicked the link for Settings just to see what would happen, and thankfully, it threw me out of the session entirely. In fact, my actual session was gone and I had to log back in.

A part of me thinks I am crazy. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, it is a known security issue? It is more than a bit concerning to think that someone else may be able to access someone else's session just by navigating to a certain page.

Thanks!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This also happened to me. I believe it was after a system update. Hasn't occurred again.