CVE-2018-11407: Symfony Authentication Bypass

critical Affects symfony/security, symfony/security-core, symfony/symfony. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-05-14; advisory modified 2024-04-25.

Symfony Authentication Bypass

Package: symfony/security Composer
Affected versions: >=2.8.0 and <2.8.37 or >=3.0.0 and <3.3.17 or >=3.4.0 and <3.4.7 or >=4.0.0 and <4.0.7 or >=3.0.0 and <3.1.0 or >=3.1.0 and <3.2.0 or >=3.2.0 and <3.3.0 or >=3.3.0 and <3.3.17
Fixed in: 2.8.37, 3.3.17, 3.4.7, 4.0.7
Severity: critical CVSS 9.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (83.7th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-14
Source: osv.dev

References

Symfony Authentication Bypass

Package: symfony/security-core Composer
Affected versions: >=2.8.0 and <2.8.37 or >=3.0.0 and <3.3.17 or >=3.4.0 and <3.4.7 or >=4.0.0 and <4.0.7 or >=3.0.0 and <3.1.0 or >=3.1.0 and <3.2.0 or >=3.2.0 and <3.3.0 or >=3.3.0 and <3.3.17
Fixed in: 2.8.37, 3.3.17, 3.4.7, 4.0.7
Severity: critical CVSS 9.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (83.7th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-14
Source: osv.dev

References

Symfony Authentication Bypass

Package: symfony/symfony Composer
Affected versions: >=2.8.0 and <2.8.37 or >=3.0.0 and <3.3.17 or >=3.4.0 and <3.4.7 or >=4.0.0 and <4.0.7 or >=3.0.0 and <3.1.0 or >=3.1.0 and <3.2.0 or >=3.2.0 and <3.3.0 or >=3.3.0 and <3.3.17
Fixed in: 2.8.37, 3.3.17, 3.4.7, 4.0.7
Severity: critical CVSS 9.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (83.7th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-14
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-287

NVD record symfony/security advisories symfony/security-core advisories symfony/symfony advisories

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