CVE-2025-64500: Symfony/http foundation Symfony's Incorrect Parsing Of PATH_INFO Vulnerability
HIGHCVE-2025-64500 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.3) symfony's incorrect parsing of path_info vulnerability (CWE-647: Use of Non-Canonical URL Paths for Authorization Decisions) affecting Symfony/http foundation libraries in the Packagist ecosystem. The issue involves symfony's incorrect parsing of path_info can lead to limited authorization bypass. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 5.4.50, 6.4.29, 7.3.7.
CVE-2025-64500 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 7.3
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).
How to Fix CVE-2025-64500
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Symfony/http foundation dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Upgrade symfony/http-foundation to 5.4.50
Upgrade symfony/http-foundation to 6.4.29
Upgrade symfony/http-foundation to 7.3.7
Upgrade symfony/symfony to 5.4.50
Upgrade symfony/symfony to 6.4.29
Upgrade symfony/symfony to 7.3.7
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
inspect dependencies for symfony/http-foundation
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your application is affected by CVE-2025-64500, inspect your project dependencies for Symfony/http foundation:
inspect dependencies for symfony/http-foundation
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Symfony/http foundation in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 5.4.50), your application is affected.
Note: Verify declared build manifests and deployed runtime container environments.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-647: Use of Non-Canonical URL Paths for Authorization Decisions, where the product defines policy namespaces and makes authorization decisions based on the assumption that a url is canonical. this can allow a non-canonical url to bypass the authorization. In Symfony/http foundation, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2025-64500 Affected Symfony/http foundation Versions
6 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
symfony/http-foundation
|
Packagist |
< 5.4.50
|
5.4.50
|
|
symfony/http-foundation
|
Packagist |
≥ 6.0.0
< 6.4.29
|
6.4.29
|
|
symfony/http-foundation
|
Packagist |
≥ 7.0.0
< 7.3.7
|
7.3.7
|
|
symfony/symfony
|
Packagist |
≥ 2.0.0
< 5.4.50
|
5.4.50
|
|
symfony/symfony
|
Packagist |
≥ 6.0.0
< 6.4.29
|
6.4.29
|
|
symfony/symfony
|
Packagist |
≥ 7.0.0
< 7.3.7
|
7.3.7
|
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"modified" : "2025-11-15T03:13:30Z",
"published" : "2025-11-12T21:50:37Z",
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"summary" : "Symfony's incorrect parsing of PATH_INFO can lead to limited authorization bypass",
"details" : "### Description\n\nThe `Request` class improperly interprets some `PATH_INFO` in a way that leads to representing some URLs with a path that doesn't start with a `/`. This can allow bypassing some access control rules that are built with this `/`-prefix assumption.\n\n### Resolution\n\nThe `Request` class now ensures that URL paths always start with a `/`.\n\nThe patch for this issue is available [here](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/9962b91b12bb791322fa73836b350836b6db7cac) for branch 5.4.\n\n### Credits\n\nWe would like to thank Andrew Atkinson for discovering the issue, Chris Smith for reporting it and Nicolas Grekas for providing the fix.",
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