CVE-2024-3096 (GCVE-0-2024-3096)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-04-29 03:42
Modified
2025-11-04 17:19
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Summary
In PHP  version 8.1.* before 8.1.28, 8.2.* before 8.2.18, 8.3.* before 8.3.5, if a password stored with password_hash() starts with a null byte (\x00), testing a blank string as the password via password_verify() will incorrectly return true.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PHP Group PHP Version: 8.1.*   ≤
Version: 8.2.*   ≤
Version: 8.3.*   ≤
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