Improper Authorization Affecting symfony/security-http package, versions >=4.4.0, <4.4.7


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Scope Changed
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.1% (40th percentile)
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NVD
8.1 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PHP-SYMFONYSECURITYHTTP-561579
  • published 30 Mar 2020
  • disclosed 30 Mar 2020
  • credit Antonio J. Garcia Lagar, Robin Chalas

How to fix?

Upgrade symfony/security-http to version 4.4.7 or higher.

Overview

symfony/security-http is a provides an infrastructure for sophisticated authorization systems, which makes it possible to easily separate the actual authorization logic from so called user providers that hold the users credentials.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authorization. When checking access control rule it suffices with one attribute that is granted access through accessDecisionManager, instead of checking all attributes.