# CVE-2024-2408: PHP is vulnerable to the Marvin Attack

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.1.29, 8.2.20, 8.3.8
- Published: 2024-06-09 · Updated: 2025-03-21

## Affected

- PHP Group PHP: fixed in 8.1.29; fixed in 8.2.20; fixed in 8.3.8

## Description

The openssl_private_decrypt function in PHP, when using PKCS1 padding (OPENSSL_PKCS1_PADDING, which is the default), is vulnerable to the Marvin Attack unless it is used with an OpenSSL version that includes the changes from this pull request: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/13817 (rsa_pkcs1_implicit_rejection). These changes are part of OpenSSL 3.2 and have also been backported to stable versions of various Linux distributions, as well as to the PHP builds provided for Windows since the previous release. All distributors and builders should ensure that this version is used to prevent PHP from being vulnerable. PHP Windows builds for the versions 8.1.29, 8.2.20 and 8.3.8 and above include OpenSSL patches that fix the vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PHP, upgrade to a fixed version (8.1.29, 8.2.20, 8.3.8) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-hh26-4ppw-5864
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PKGTQUOA2NTZ3RXN22CSAUJPIRUYRB4B/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W45DBOH56NQDRTOM2DN2LNA2FZIMC3PK/

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