Auth0-PHP SDK has Improper Audience Validation
In applications built with the Auth0-PHP SDK, the audience validation in access tokens is performed improperly. Without proper validation, affected applications may accept ID tokens as Access tokens.
Projects are affected if they meet the following preconditions:
Upgrade Auth0/Auth0-PHP to version 8.18.0 or greater.
Okta would like to thank Jafar Sadiq (iaf4r) for their discovery and responsible disclosure.
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVE-2025-68129 is classified as CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization. An authorisation check runs but reaches the wrong conclusion, permitting actions it should refuse.
CVE-2025-68129 is recorded against 5 packages.
Published on 17 December 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.
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auth0-php has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization) in other software:
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| auth0-php | 8.0.0 | 8.18.0 |
| auth0/auth0-php | 8.0.0 | 8.18.0 |
| laravel-auth0 | 7.0.0 | 7.20.0 |
| symfony | 5.0.0 | 5.6.0 |
| wp-auth0 | 5.0.0 | 5.5.0 |
References
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