GHSA-6439-2f28-8p8q
Symfony's HEAD Request Bypasses methods: ['GET'] Filter in #[IsGranted] / #[IsSignatureValid] / #[IsCsrfTokenValid]
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | symfony/http-kernel | >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.12 | 7.4.12 |
| Packagist | symfony/http-kernel | >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.12 | 8.0.12 |
| Packagist | symfony/security-http | >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.12 | 7.4.12 |
| Packagist | symfony/security-http | >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.12 | 8.0.12 |
| Packagist | symfony/symfony | >= 7.4.0, < 7.4.12 | 7.4.12 |
| Packagist | symfony/symfony | >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.12 | 8.0.12 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Description
Symfony's `#[IsGranted('...')]`, `#[IsSignatureValid]`, and `#[IsCsrfTokenValid(...)]` attributes allow you to define a `methods: [...]` argument to only enforce these checks for the listed HTTP methods and skip them otherwise. E.g. an attribute defining `methods: ['GET']` would be ignored for a `HEAD` request.
On the other hand, Symfony's router (and HTTP semantics generally) serves `HEAD` requests using the `GET` handler. Therefore, a controller protected by e.g. `#[IsGranted('ROLE_ADMIN', methods: ['GET'])]` can be reached via `HEAD` with the authorization check silently skipped.
Even if the `HEAD` request won't get any response content, response headers leak (`Content-Length`, `Location`, custom headers). Also, the controller still executes and any side effects (DB writes, state changes) occur.
### Resolution
When adding `GET` in the `methods` option of these attributes, Symfony now also include the `HEAD` method automatically.
The patch for this issue is available [here](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/fa8d5c67aa4b22c9656e3fd7d5c3aa59865bf838) for branch 7.4.
### Credits
Symfony would like to thank Claude Mythos Preview (via Project Glasswing) for reporting the issue and Alexandre Daubois for fixing it.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-6439-2f28-8p8q
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/fa8d5c67aa4b22c9656e3fd7d5c3aa59865bf838
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/http-kernel/CVE-2026-45075.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/security-http/CVE-2026-45075.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2026-45075.yaml
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony
- https://symfony.com/cve-2026-45075