GHSA-875x-g8p7-5w27
The FIDO2/Webauthn Support for PHP library allows enumeration of valid usernames
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | web-auth/webauthn-lib | >= 4.5.0, < 4.9.0 | 4.9.0 |
| Packagist | web-auth/webauthn-framework | >= 4.5.0, < 4.9.0 | 4.9.0 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
The ProfileBasedRequestOptionsBuilder method returns allowedCredentials without any credentials if no username was found.
### Details
When WebAuthn is used as the first or only authentication method, an attacker can enumerate usernames based on the absence of the `allowedCredentials` property in the assertion options response. This allows enumeration of valid or invalid usernames.
#### Proposal how to resolve it:
```
return $this->publicKeyCredentialRequestOptionsFactory->create(
$this->profile,
count($allowedCredentials) <= 0 ? self::getRandomCredentials(): $allowedCredentials,
$optionsRequest->userVerification,
$extensions
);
private static function getRandomCredentials(): array
{
$credentialSources = [];
for ($i = 0; $i <= rand(0,1); $i++) {
$credentialSources[] = new PublicKeyCredentialSource(
random_bytes(32),
"public-key",
[],
"basic",
new EmptyTrustPath(),
Uuid::v7(),
random_bytes(77),
Uuid::v7()->__toString(),
rand(0, 6000),
null
);
}
return array_map(
static fn (PublicKeyCredentialSource $credential): PublicKeyCredentialDescriptor => $credential->getPublicKeyCredentialDescriptor(),
$credentialSources
);
}
```
### PoC
curl https://example.com/assertion/options \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"username":"NotMeRandomUsername123"}'
### Impact
By knowing which usernames are valid, attackers can focus their efforts on a smaller set of potential targets, increasing the efficiency and likelihood of successful attacks.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/web-auth/webauthn-framework/security/advisories/GHSA-875x-g8p7-5w27
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39912
- https://github.com/web-auth/webauthn-framework/commit/64de11f6cddc71e56c76e0cc4573bf94d02be045
- https://github.com/web-auth/webauthn-framework/commit/a9d1352897fba552e659e1445a771dec2d4ed05a
- https://github.com/web-auth/webauthn-lib/commit/b6798de27cdedd8681fe4c9b13ace0ff2456d18b
- https://github.com/web-auth/webauthn-framework