CVE intelligence

CVE-2024-3096

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Apr 29, 2024Sources checked Sep 30, 2026

6.5MEDIUMCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2024-3096 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

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CBL-Mariner Releases

Vendor-listed releases

8.1.28-1
8.3.4-1

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS1.5%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2024-3096?

In PHP version 8.1.* before 8.1.28, 8.2.* before 8.2.18, 8.3.* before 8.3.5, if a password stored with password_hash() starts with a null byte (\x00), testing a blank string as the password via password_verify() will incorrectly return true.