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CVE-2026-48489

8.7
High
EPSS 0.60%Patch availableJul 15, 2026

Auth bypass via _failure_path in Symfony allowing unauthorized subrequest dispatch.

common questions

Is CVE-2026-48489 being exploited?

Not confirmed. CVE-2026-48489 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.60% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How severe is CVE-2026-48489?

CVE-2026-48489 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.

Is there a patch for CVE-2026-48489?

Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-48489. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.

What does CVE-2026-48489 affect?

CVE-2026-48489 affects Symfony Security (DefaultAuthenticationFailureHandler), Symfony < 5.4.53, Symfony < 6.4.41, Symfony < 7.4.13, and 2 further products or versions. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.

What should I do about CVE-2026-48489?

Upgrade to 5.4.53/6.4.41/7.4.13/8.0.13 and validate/fix _failure_path handling.

Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.

executive summary
technical analysis
affected
Symfony Security (DefaultAuthenticationFailureHandler)Symfony < 5.4.53Symfony < 6.4.41Symfony < 7.4.13Symfony < 8.0.13PHP web apps using Symfony
impact

Unauthenticated attacker can dispatch subrequests to access_control-protected GET routes, bypassing firewall listeners and accessing protected resources.

action required

Immediate action required

affected versions
symfony security-http
  • affected< 5.4.53
  • affected>= 6.0.0-BETA1 and < 6.4.41
  • affected>= 7.0.0-BETA1 and < 7.4.13
  • affected>= 8.0.0-BETA1 and < 8.0.13
symfony symfony
  • affected< 5.4.53
  • affected>= 6.0.0-BETA1 and < 6.4.41
  • affected>= 7.0.0-BETA1 and < 7.4.13
  • affected>= 8.0.0-BETA1 and < 8.0.13

As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.

how to fix
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