GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-q683-8468-r6h6 WebauthnAuthenticator leaks sensitive HTTP headers through INFO-level logs
MEDIUM
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- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- web-auth/webauthn-symfony-bundle
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200, CWE-532
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-26
Affected packages
• Packagist web-auth/webauthn-symfony-bundle: < 5.3.4 → fixed in 5.3.4
Description
Impact
`Webauthn\Bundle\Security\Http\Authenticator\WebauthnAuthenticator` logs the full `Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request` object inside the log context of both `onAuthenticationSuccess()` and `onAuthenticationFailure()` at INFO level:
```php
$this->logger->info('User has been authenticated successfully with Webauthn.', [
'request' => $request,
'firewallName' => $firewallName,
'identifier' => $token->getUserIdentifier(),
]);
$this->logger->info('Webauthn authentication request failed.', [
'request' => $request,
'exception' => $exception,
]);
```
`Request::__toString()` returns the raw HTTP message, including every request header. As soon as the configured logger normalises or stringifies the context (default behaviour for `LineFormatter`, `JsonFormatter` via `NormalizerFormatter`, etc.), sensitive headers such as `Cookie` (session identifier), `Authorization` and any custom auth header are written to the log stream in clear text.
Applications that forward logs to centralised platforms (ELK, Splunk, Datadog and similar) are particularly exposed: log access is typically broader than application access, which can allow log readers to hijack authenticated sessions.
Affected versions
Every release prior to 5.3.4 is affected.
Patches
The fix removes the full `Request` object from the log context and keeps only non-sensitive fields (request path, method, firewall name, user identifier). It is shipped in 5.3.4. Older branches will not receive a backport; users on those branches should upgrade to 5.3.4+ or apply one of the workarounds below.
Workarounds
Until the upgrade is applied, projects can:
1. Raise the minimum log level for the WebAuthn authenticator above INFO so these two log records are not emitted in production.
2. Configure their Monolog processor/formatter to strip the `request` key from the context of these records before they are written.
Credit
Reported by Kay Joosten (Dawn Technology), maintainer of Stepup-Webauthn.