CVE-2024-39912

Enumeration of valid usernames in web-auth/webauthn-lib

State
Published
Severity
5.3 Medium
Published
Jul 15, 2024
Updated
Aug 2, 2024
Reserved
Jul 2, 2024

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Description

web-auth/webauthn-lib is an open source set of PHP libraries and a Symfony bundle to allow developers to integrate that authentication mechanism into their web applications. The ProfileBasedRequestOptionsBuilder method returns allowedCredentials without any credentials if no username was found. When WebAuthn is used as the first or only authentication method, an attacker can enumerate usernames based on the absence of the `allowedCredentials` property in the assertion options response. This allows enumeration of valid or invalid usernames. By knowing which usernames are valid, attackers can focus their efforts on a smaller set of potential targets, increasing the efficiency and likelihood of successful attacks. This issue has been addressed in version 4.9.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-204 Observable Response Discrepancy

Affected Products

ProductVersions
webauthn-frameworkweb-auth
  • >= 4.5.0, < 4.9.0Affected

References

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