GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-j8gj-9rm5-4xhx Symfony's Cas2Handler Derives CAS service URL from Client Host Header → Cross-Service Ticket Replay
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-45074
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- symfony/security-http, symfony/symfony
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- Weaknesses
- CWE-290
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-27
Affected packages
• Packagist symfony/security-http: >= 7.1.0, < 7.4.12 → fixed in 7.4.12
• Packagist symfony/security-http: >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.12 → fixed in 8.0.12
• Packagist symfony/symfony: >= 7.1.0, < 7.4.12 → fixed in 7.4.12
• Packagist symfony/symfony: >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.12 → fixed in 8.0.12
Description
`Cas2Handler` builds this `service` parameter from `Request::getSchemeAndHttpHost()`, which reflects the attacker-controlled HTTP `Host` header whenever Symfony's `framework.trusted_hosts` setting is not configured (the default). An attacker who controls any *other* application registered with the same CAS server can replay a victim's ticket against the Symfony application, with a spoofed `Host` header, and be authenticated as that victim.
Resolution
A new required `service_url` configuration option is introduced on `Cas2Handler`. The CAS `service` parameter sent to the validation endpoint is now built from this configured URL instead of being derived from the request's `Host` header, preventing cross-service ticket replay via Host header spoofing.
The patch for this issue is available here for branch 7.4.
Credits
Symfony would like to thank Claude Mythos Preview (via Project Glasswing) for reporting the issue and Nicolas Grekas for providing the fix.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-45074 Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing weakness
References
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-j8gj-9rm5-4xhx web
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/5ba145dba702404801bdf9e7e8d6df170060d541 web
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/security-http/CVE-2026-45074.yaml web
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2026-45074.yaml web
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony package
- https://symfony.com/cve-2026-45074 web