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Critical

Symfony Incorrect Access Control

  • Disclosed: 24.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Certain Symfony products are affected by: Incorrect Access Control. This affects Symfony 2.7.30 and Symfony 2.8.23 and Symfony 3.2.10 and Symfony 3.3.3. The type of exploitation is: remote. The component is: Password validator.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package symfony/security >= 2.7.30, < 2.7.32, >= 2.8.23, < 2.8.25, >= 3.2.10, < 3.2.12, >= 3.3.3, < 3.3.5 2.7.32, 2.8.25, 3.2.12, 3.3.5
Composer package symfony/security-core >= 2.7.30, < 2.7.32, >= 2.8.23, < 2.8.25, >= 3.2.10, < 3.2.12, >= 3.3.3, < 3.3.5 2.7.32, 2.8.25, 3.2.12, 3.3.5
Composer package symfony/symfony >= 2.7.30, < 2.7.32, >= 2.8.23, < 2.8.25, >= 3.2.10, < 3.2.12, >= 3.3.3, < 3.3.5 2.7.32, 2.8.25, 3.2.12, 3.3.5

References

CVSS score 9.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-284
Platform
Composer
Package
symfony/security, symfony/security-core, symfony/symfony
Disclosed
24.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-q87v-q8fw-gmj5 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: symfony/security

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (17) in the archive
Total entries
17
First → latest
02.2020 05.2022
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 3
  • High 7
  • Medium 6
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. Symfony Incorrect Access Control this entry
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2017-11365 >= 2.7.30, < 2.7.32, >= 2.8.23, < 2.8.25, >= 3.2.10, < 3.2.12, >= 3.3.3, < 3.3.5 2.7.32, 2.8.25, 3.2.12, 3.3.5
  2. Symphony Denial of Service Via Overlong Usernames
    High · 7.5 CVE-2016-4423 >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.41, >= 2.4.0, < 2.7.13, >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.6, >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.6 2.3.41, 2.7.13, 2.8.6, 3.0.6
  3. Symfony Cryptographic Vulnerability
    High · 7.5 CVE-2016-1902 >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.37, >= 2.4.0, < 2.6.13, >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.9 2.3.37, 2.6.13, 2.7.9
  4. Symfony Vulnerable to Timing Attack
    High CVE-2015-8125 >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.35, >= 2.4.0, < 2.6.12, >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.7 2.3.35, 2.6.12, 2.7.7
  5. Symfony Authentication Bypass
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2018-11407 >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.37, >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.17, >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.7, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.7 2.8.37, 3.3.17, 3.4.7, 4.0.7
  6. Symfony Authentication Bypass
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2016-2403 >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.6, >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.6 2.8.6, 3.0.6
  7. Symfony Session Fixation Vulnerability
    High · 8.1 CVE-2018-11385 >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.48, >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.41, >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.17, >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.11, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.11 2.7.48, 2.8.41, 3.3.17, 3.4.11, 4.0.11
  8. Symfony CSRF Token Fixation
    High · 8.8 CVE-2018-11406 >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.48, >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.41, >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.17, >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.11, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.11 2.7.48, 2.8.41, 3.3.17, 3.4.11, 4.0.11
  9. Firewall configured with unanimous strategy was not actually unanimous in Symfony
    High · 7.6 CVE-2020-5275 >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.7, >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.7 4.4.7, 5.0.7
  10. Improper authentication in Symfony
    High · 7.5 CVE-2019-10911 >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.51, >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.50, >= 3.0.0, < 3.4.26, >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.12, >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.7 2.7.51, 2.8.50, 3.4.26, 4.1.12, 4.2.7

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