CVE-2024-50341: Security::login does not take into account custom user_checker

Affected versions

Symfony versions >=6.2, <6.4.10; >=7.0, <7.0.10; >=7.1, <7.1.3 of the Symfony SecurityBundle component are affected by this security issue.

The issue has been fixed in Symfony 6.4.10, 7.0.10, and 7.1.3.

Description

The custom user_checker defined on a firewall is not called when Login Programmaticaly with the Security::login method, leading to unwanted login.

Resolution

The Security::login method now ensure to call the configured user_checker.

The patch for this issue is available here for branch 6.4.

Credits

We would like to thank Oleg Andreyev, Antoine MAKDESSI for reporting the issue and Christian Flothmann for providing the fix.