Observable Response Discrepancy in Webauthn Framework - CVE-2024-39912

 

Observable Response Discrepancy in Webauthn Framework - CVE-2024-39912

Published: July 14, 2024 / Updated: April 28, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU128265
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39912
CWE-ID: CWE-204
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to enumerate valid usernames.

The vulnerability exists due to observable response discrepancy in ProfileBasedRequestOptionsBuilder when handling assertion options requests with a supplied username. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to enumerate valid usernames.

The issue is exposed when WebAuthn is used as the first or only authentication method.


Affected software

Webauthn Framework

How to mitigate CVE-2024-39912

Install security update from vendor's website.

Webauthn Framework - update to 4.9.0

External References

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