Medium

The FIDO2/Webauthn Support for PHP library allows enumeration of valid usernames

  • Disclosed: 15.07.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

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:

php
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.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package web-auth/webauthn-framework >= 4.5.0, < 4.9.0 4.9.0
Composer package web-auth/webauthn-lib >= 4.5.0, < 4.9.0 4.9.0

References

CVSS score 5.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-204
Platform
Composer
Package
web-auth/webauthn-framework, web-auth/webauthn-lib
Disclosed
15.07.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-875x-g8p7-5w27 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: web-auth/webauthn-lib

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
3
First → latest
07.2024 07.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Medium 2
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2024: 1
  2. 2025: 0
  3. 2026: 2
  1. The FIDO2/Webauthn Support for PHP library allows enumeration of valid usernames this entry
    Medium · 5.3 CVE-2024-39912 >= 4.5.0, < 4.9.0 4.9.0

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