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CVE-2026-45063

CRITICAL 9.1

Published 2026-07-14 · Last modified 2026-07-14

Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. Prior to 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12, X509Authenticator extracts the user identifier from $_SERVER['SSL_CLIENT_S_DN'] with an unanchored regex that matches emailAddress= anywhere in the distinguished name, allowing an attacker with a trusted certificate containing emailAddress=victim inside another RDN value such as CN to authenticate as the victim. This issue is fixed in versions 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12.

ELEVATED IMPACT

Severe if exploited (CVSS 9.1), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.

Exploitation likelihood

0.3%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 24th percentile

○ In CISA KEV ○ Public exploit / PoC

Impact if exploited

9.1CVSS 4.0 · CRITICAL

  • ConfidentialityHigh
  • IntegrityHigh
  • AvailabilityNone

What an attacker needs

  • Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
  • Privileges: No account or privileges required
  • User interaction: No user interaction needed
  • Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
  • Requirements: Specific conditions must be present

✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it

Proof of concept & exploit code

Test against your own equipment

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Listed for defensive triage, patch verification, and authorized testing on systems you own. Machine-readable: /cve/CVE-2026-45063/poc.json

Affected

Vendors Symfony Sensiolabs

Products Symfony

Weakness (CWE)

  • CWE-290: : Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Known Affected Software Configurations

VendorProductVersion range
SensiolabsSymfony< 5.4.52
SensiolabsSymfony≥ 6.0.0 and < 6.4.40
SensiolabsSymfony≥ 7.0.0 and < 7.4.12
SensiolabsSymfony≥ 8.0.0 and < 8.0.12

All CVSS metrics

  • CRITICAL 9.1 v4.0 · CNA Primary
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CRITICAL 9.1 v4.0 · NVD Secondary
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CRITICAL 9.1 v3.1 · NVD Primary
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

Technical & other

Sources: NVD · CVE.org · EPSS