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GHSA-98j6-67v3-mw34

Auth0 Symfony SDK Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability

Published
Jun 6, 2025
Updated
Feb 4, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected
🐘auth0/symfony

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Description

Overview The Auth0 Symfony SDK contains a critical vulnerability due to insecure deserialization of cookie data. If exploited, since SDKs process cookie content without prior authentication, a threat actor could send a specially crafted cookie containing malicious serialized data.

Am I Affected? You are affected by this vulnerability if you meet the following preconditions:

  1. Applications using the Auth0 Symfony SDK, versions between 5.0.0 BETA-0 to 5.0.0.
  2. Auth0 Symfony SDK uses the Auth0-PHP SDK with version 8.0.0-BETA3 to 8.3.0.

Fix Upgrade Auth0/symfony to the latest version (v5.4.0).

Acknowledgement Okta would like to thank Andreas Forsblom for discovering this vulnerability.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐘Packagistauth0/symfony5.0.0-BETA0&&< 5.1.05.1.0

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for auth0/symfony. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update auth0/symfony to 5.1.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-98j6-67v3-mw34 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-98j6-67v3-mw34 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to GHSA-98j6-67v3-mw34. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

**Overview** The Auth0 Symfony SDK contains a critical vulnerability due to insecure deserialization of cookie data. If exploited, since SDKs process cookie content without prior authentication, a threat actor could send a specially crafted cookie containing malicious serialized data. **Am I Affected?** You are affected by this vulnerability if you meet the following preconditions: 1. Applications using the Auth0 Symfony SDK, versions between 5.0.0 BETA-0 to 5.0.0. 2. Auth0 Symfony SDK uses the Auth0-PHP SDK with version 8.0.0-BETA3 to 8.3.0. **Fix** Upgrade Auth0/symfony to the latest ve
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Is GHSA-98j6-67v3-mw34 in your dependencies?

O3 detects GHSA-98j6-67v3-mw34 across Packagist dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.