Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 29, 2024· Updated Nov 4, 2025
PHP function password_verify can erroneously return true when argument contains NUL
CVE-2024-3096
Description
In PHP version 8.1.* before 8.1.28, 8.2.* before 8.2.18, 8.3.* before 8.3.5, if a password stored with password_hash() starts with a null byte (\x00), testing a blank string as the password via password_verify() will incorrectly return true.
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Affected products
76- osv-coords74 versionspkg:bitnami/libphppkg:bitnami/phppkg:bitnami/php-minpkg:rpm/almalinux/apcu-panelpkg:rpm/almalinux/libzippkg:rpm/almalinux/libzip-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/libzip-toolspkg:rpm/almalinux/phppkg:rpm/almalinux/php-bcmathpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-clipkg:rpm/almalinux/php-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-dbapkg:rpm/almalinux/php-dbgpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-embeddedpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-enchantpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-ffipkg:rpm/almalinux/php-fpmpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-gdpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-gmppkg:rpm/almalinux/php-intlpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-jsonpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-ldappkg:rpm/almalinux/php-mbstringpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-mysqlndpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-odbcpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-opcachepkg:rpm/almalinux/php-pdopkg:rpm/almalinux/php-pearpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-pecl-apcupkg:rpm/almalinux/php-pecl-apcu-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-pecl-rrdpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-pecl-xdebugpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-pecl-xdebug3pkg:rpm/almalinux/php-pecl-zippkg:rpm/almalinux/php-pgsqlpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-processpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-snmppkg:rpm/almalinux/php-soappkg:rpm/almalinux/php-xmlpkg:rpm/almalinux/php-xmlrpcpkg:rpm/opensuse/apache2-mod_php7&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/apache2-mod_php8&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/php7&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/php7-embed&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/php7-fastcgi&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/php7-fpm&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/php7-test&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/php8&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/php8&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/php8-embed&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/php8-fastcgi&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/php8-fpm&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/php8-test&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/suse/apache2-mod_php7&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/apache2-mod_php8&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/php74&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2012pkg:rpm/suse/php74&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/php7&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/php7&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/php7&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/php7&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/php7&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/php7&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/php7&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/php7&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/php7-embed&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/php7-fastcgi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/php7-fpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/php8&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/php8-embed&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/php8-fastcgi&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/php8-fpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/php8-test&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP5
< 8.1.28+ 73 more
- (no CPE)range: < 8.1.28
- (no CPE)range: < 8.1.28
- (no CPE)range: < 8.1.28
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.23-1.module_el9.4.0+65+49ff6472
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.3-1.module_el8.10.0+3796+30ed3ef7
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.3-1.module_el8.10.0+3796+30ed3ef7
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.3-1.module_el8.10.0+3796+30ed3ef7
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-2.module_el8.10.0+3935+28808425
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 1:1.10.14-1.module_el8.10.0+3796+30ed3ef7
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.23-1.module_el9.4.0+65+49ff6472
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.23-1.module_el9.4.0+65+49ff6472
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.3-4.module_el9.4.0+65+49ff6472
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.5-1.module_el8.10.0+3935+28808425
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.2-2.module_el9.4.0+65+49ff6472
- (no CPE)range: < 1.22.3-1.module_el9.4.0+65+49ff6472
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 8.2.25-1.module_el9.5.0+132+adb0ae7a
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-2.module_el8.10.0+3935+28808425
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150400.4.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.30-150400.4.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150400.4.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150400.4.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150400.4.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150400.4.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150400.4.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.30-150400.4.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.3.6-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.30-150400.4.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.30-150400.4.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.30-150400.4.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.30-150400.4.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150400.4.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.30-150400.4.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-1.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-1.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150400.4.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150200.3.65.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150400.4.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150400.4.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4.33-150400.4.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.30-150400.4.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.30-150400.4.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.30-150400.4.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.30-150400.4.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.30-150400.4.40.1
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