SB20241115100 - Authentication bypass in Symfony

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Improper authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-51996)

CWE-ID: CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to an error during authentication when using the persisted remember-me cookie. The application does not check if the username persisted in the database matches the username attached with the cookie. A remote non-authenticated attacker can bypass authentication process and gain unauthorized access to the application.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-cg23-qf8f-62rr
• https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/81354d392c5f0b7a52bcbd729d6f82501e94135a