# CVE-2026-49211: Symfony UX: Information exposure via unescaped LIKE wildcards in EntitySearchUtil

- Also known as: GHSA-946H-JP5C-8FVH
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.1.0, 2.36.0
- Published: 2026-07-17 · Updated: 2026-07-17

## Affected

- symfony ux: from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.1.0; from 2.2.0, fixed in 2.36.0
- symfony/ux-autocomplete (Packagist): from 2.2.0, fixed in 2.36.0
- symfony/ux-autocomplete (Packagist): from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.1.0

## Description

Symfony UX is a JavaScript ecosystem for Symfony. From 2.2.0 until 2.36.0 and 3.1.0, Symfony\UX\Autocomplete\Doctrine\EntitySearchUtil::addSearchClause() builds the LIKE expression used by the autocomplete endpoint by wrapping the client-supplied query in %...% without escaping SQL LIKE wildcards (%, _, \), allowing unauthenticated users to turn the public BaseEntityAutocompleteType endpoint into a broad matcher or blind boolean oracle against every column in default searchable_fields. This issue is fixed in versions 2.36.0 and 3.1.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on symfony ux, symfony/ux-autocomplete, upgrade to a fixed version (3.1.0, 2.36.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/symfony/ux/security/advisories/GHSA-946h-jp5c-8fvh
- https://github.com/symfony/ux/commit/725ab3d40689c91ff19ad2d01940a30007769214
- https://github.com/symfony/ux/releases/tag/v2.36.0
- https://github.com/symfony/ux/releases/tag/v3.1.0

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