Medium

Auth0 Laravel SDK has Improper Audience Validation via Auth0-PHP SDK dependency

  • Disclosed: 17.12.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Description

In applications built with the Auth0-PHP SDK, the audience validation in access tokens is performed improperly. Without proper validation, affected applications may accept ID tokens as Access tokens.

Affected product and versions

Users are affected if they meet the following preconditions:

  • Applications using the Auth0 laravel-auth0 SDK with versions between 7.0.0 and 7.19.0,
  • Auth0 laravel-auth0 SDK uses the Auth0-PHP SDK with versions between 8.0.0 and 8.17.0.

Resolution

Upgrade Auth0/laravel-auth0 to version 7.20.0 or greater.

Acknowledgement

Okta would like to thank Jafar Sadiq (iaf4r) for their discovery and responsible disclosure.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package auth0/login >= 7.0.0, < 7.20.0 7.20.0

References

CVSS score 6.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1395, CWE-863
Platform
Composer
Package
auth0/login
Disclosed
17.12.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-7hh9-gp72-wh7h - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: auth0/login

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

Total entries
5
First → latest
05.2025 04.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 2
  • High 1
  • Medium 1
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2025: 4
  2. 2026: 1
  1. High · 8.2 ghsa-fmg6-246m-9g2v >= 7.0.0, < 7.21.0 7.21.0
  2. Auth0 Laravel SDK has Improper Audience Validation via Auth0-PHP SDK dependency this entry
    Medium · 6.8 ghsa-7hh9-gp72-wh7h >= 7.0.0, < 7.20.0 7.20.0
  3. Low · 3.3 ghsa-hjfh-5jmm-xr24 >= 4.0.0, < 7.19.0 7.19.0
  4. Critical ghsa-c42h-56wx-h85q >= 7.0.0-BETA1, < 7.2.2 7.2.2

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