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Vulnerability details: VCID-2hua-7wbd-tqbx
Vulnerability ID VCID-2hua-7wbd-tqbx
Aliases CVE-2018-11386
GHSA-r2rq-3h56-fqm4
Summary Insufficient Session Expiration The `PDOSessionHandler` class allows storing sessions on a PDO connection. Under some configurations and with a well-crafted payload, it was possible to do a denial of service on a Symfony application without too much resources.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-613 Insufficient Session Expiration
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.01086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-11386
epss 0.01086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-11386
epss 0.01086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-11386
epss 0.01086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-11386
epss 0.01086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-11386
epss 0.01086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-11386
epss 0.01086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-11386
epss 0.01086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-11386
epss 0.01086 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-11386
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r2rq-3h56-fqm4
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/http-foundation/CVE-2018-11386.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/http-foundation/CVE-2018-11386.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2018-11386.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2018-11386.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://github.com/symfony/symfony
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/symfony/symfony
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4XNBMFW33H47O5TZGA7JYCVLDBCXAJV
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4XNBMFW33H47O5TZGA7JYCVLDBCXAJV
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UBQK7JDXIELADIPGZIOUCZKMAJM5LSBW
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UBQK7JDXIELADIPGZIOUCZKMAJM5LSBW
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WU5N2TZFNGXDGMXMPP7LZCWTFLENF6WH
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WU5N2TZFNGXDGMXMPP7LZCWTFLENF6WH
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11386
cvssv3 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11386
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11386
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11386
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-11386-denial-of-service-when-using-pdosessionhandler
generic_textual MODERATE https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-11386-denial-of-service-when-using-pdosessionhandler
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://symfony.com/cve-2018-11386
generic_textual MODERATE https://symfony.com/cve-2018-11386
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4262
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4262
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-11386
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2403
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16652
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16653
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16654
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16790
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11385
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11386
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11406
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/http-foundation/CVE-2018-11386.yaml
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2018-11386.yaml
https://github.com/symfony/symfony
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4XNBMFW33H47O5TZGA7JYCVLDBCXAJV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UBQK7JDXIELADIPGZIOUCZKMAJM5LSBW/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WU5N2TZFNGXDGMXMPP7LZCWTFLENF6WH/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4XNBMFW33H47O5TZGA7JYCVLDBCXAJV
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4XNBMFW33H47O5TZGA7JYCVLDBCXAJV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UBQK7JDXIELADIPGZIOUCZKMAJM5LSBW
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UBQK7JDXIELADIPGZIOUCZKMAJM5LSBW/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WU5N2TZFNGXDGMXMPP7LZCWTFLENF6WH
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WU5N2TZFNGXDGMXMPP7LZCWTFLENF6WH/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11386
https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-11386-denial-of-service-when-using-pdosessionhandler
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4262
cpe:2.3:a:sensiolabs:symfony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:sensiolabs:symfony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-11386 https://symfony.com/cve-2018-11386
GHSA-r2rq-3h56-fqm4 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r2rq-3h56-fqm4
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/http-foundation/CVE-2018-11386.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2018-11386.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/symfony/symfony
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4XNBMFW33H47O5TZGA7JYCVLDBCXAJV
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UBQK7JDXIELADIPGZIOUCZKMAJM5LSBW
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WU5N2TZFNGXDGMXMPP7LZCWTFLENF6WH
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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11386
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11386
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11386
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2018-11386-denial-of-service-when-using-pdosessionhandler
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://symfony.com/cve-2018-11386
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4262
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.77843
EPSS Score 0.01086
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:47:47.315759+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/symfony/http-foundation/CVE-2018-11386.yml 38.0.0