# CVE-2021-31408: Server session is not invalidated when logout() helper method of Authentication module is used in Vaadin 18-19

- Also known as: GHSA-MR8H-J9CV-4M8H
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 19.0.0, 6.0.0, 19.0.4
- Published: 2021-04-23 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Vaadin: from 18.0.0, fixed in 19.0.0; from 19.0.0
- Vaadin flow-client: from 5.0.0, fixed in 6.0.0; from 6.0.0
- com.vaadin:vaadin-bom (Maven): from 18.0.0, fixed in 19.0.4

## Description

Authentication.logout() helper in com.vaadin:flow-client versions 5.0.0 prior to 6.0.0 (Vaadin 18), and 6.0.0 through 6.0.4 (Vaadin 19.0.0 through 19.0.3) uses incorrect HTTP method, which, in combination with Spring Security CSRF protection, allows local attackers to access Fusion endpoints after the user attempted to log out.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Vaadin, Vaadin flow-client, com.vaadin:vaadin-bom, upgrade to a fixed version (19.0.0, 6.0.0, 19.0.4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://vaadin.com/security/cve-2021-31408
- https://github.com/vaadin/flow/pull/10577

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