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CVE-2016-4423
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-06-01T22:59:02.457 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:47:31.710

Summary

The attemptAuthentication function in Component/Security/Http/Firewall/UsernamePasswordFormAuthenticationListener.php in Symfony before 2.3.41, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, 2.8.x before 2.8.6, and 3.0.x before 3.0.6 does not limit the length of a username stored in a session, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session storage consumption) via a series of authentication attempts with long, non-existent usernames.

Affected products

sensiolabs — symfony

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References

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