User enumeration in authentication mechanisms
Low severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 14, 2021
in
lexik/LexikJWTAuthenticationBundle
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Updated Jan 9, 2023
Package
Affected versions
< 2.10.7
>= 2.11.0, < 2.11.3
Patched versions
2.10.7
2.11.3
Description
Reviewed
May 17, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 17, 2021
Last updated
Jan 9, 2023
Description
The ability to enumerate users was possible without relevant permissions due to different exception messages depending on whether the user existed or not.
Resolution
We now ensure that a generic message is returned whether the user exists or not if the password is invalid or if the user does not exist.
The patch for this issue is available here for branch 2.10.x and 2.x.
Credits
I would like to thank James Isaac and Mathias Brodala for reporting the issue and Robin Chalas for fixing the issue.
References