Headline
GHSA-c42h-56wx-h85q: laravel-auth0 SDK Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability
Overview The laravel-auth0 SDK contains a critical vulnerability due to insecure deserialization of cookie data. If exploited, since SDKs process cookie content without prior authentication, a threat actor could send a specially crafted cookie containing malicious serialized data.
Am I Affected? You are affected by this vulnerability if you meet the following preconditions:
- Applications using laravel-auth0 SDK, versions between 7.0.0-BETA1 to 7.2.1.
- Laravel-auth0 SDK uses the Auth0-PHP SDK with version 8.0.0-BETA3 to 8.3.0.
Fix Upgrade Auth0/laravel-auth0 to the latest version (v7.17.0).
Acknowledgement Okta would like to thank Andreas Forsblom for discovering this vulnerability.
- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- GHSA-c42h-56wx-h85q
laravel-auth0 SDK Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability
Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 3, 2025 in auth0/laravel-auth0 • Updated Jun 6, 2025
Package
Affected versions
>= 7.0.0-BETA1, <= 7.2.1
Overview
The laravel-auth0 SDK contains a critical vulnerability due to insecure deserialization of cookie data. If exploited, since SDKs process cookie content without prior authentication, a threat actor could send a specially crafted cookie containing malicious serialized data.
Am I Affected?
You are affected by this vulnerability if you meet the following preconditions:
- Applications using laravel-auth0 SDK, versions between 7.0.0-BETA1 to 7.2.1.
- Laravel-auth0 SDK uses the Auth0-PHP SDK with version 8.0.0-BETA3 to 8.3.0.
Fix
Upgrade Auth0/laravel-auth0 to the latest version (v7.17.0).
Acknowledgement
Okta would like to thank Andreas Forsblom for discovering this vulnerability.
References
- GHSA-v9m8-9xxp-q492
- GHSA-c42h-56wx-h85q
- GHSA-98j6-67v3-mw34
- GHSA-862m-5253-832r
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48951
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jun 6, 2025