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Summary of Changes

This pull request (PR) updates the composer dependency "phpseclib/phpseclib" from version 3.0.51 to version 3.0.52 to fix one high severity security vulnerability reported by composer audit.

Release notes: https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/releases/tag/3.0.52

Testing Instructions

1. Run composer install and then composer audit.
2. Verify that there are no breaking changes done with this update by checking the release information listed above in the summary of changes.

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request

1. Composer audit

Found 2 security vulnerability advisories affecting 2 packages:
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Package           | phpseclib/phpseclib                                                              |
| Severity          | high                                                                             |
| Advisory ID       | PKSA-smrh-yx37-92ws                                                              |
| CVE               | CVE-2026-44167                                                                   |
| Title             | phpseclib has a CVE-2024-27355 mitigation bypass — OID amplification DoS in      |
|                   | ASN1::decodeOID()                                                                |
| URL               | https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3qpq-r242-jqj7                                |
| Affected versions | >=3.0.0,<=3.0.51|>=2.0.0,<=2.0.53|>=0.0.11,<=1.0.28                              |
| Reported at       | 2026-05-05T21:17:57+00:00                                                        |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Package           | web-auth/webauthn-lib                                                            |
| Severity          | medium                                                                           |
| Advisory ID       | PKSA-3mms-4n3p-ym65                                                              |
| CVE               | CVE-2024-39912                                                                   |
| Title             | The FIDO2/Webauthn Support for PHP library allows enumeration of valid usernames  |
| URL               | https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-875x-g8p7-5w27                                |
| Affected versions | >=4.5.0,<4.9.0                                                                   |
| Reported at       | 2024-07-15T16:37:49+00:00                                                        |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Found 1 abandoned package:
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Abandoned Package         | Suggested Replacement                                                            |
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| web-auth/metadata-service | web-auth/webauthn-lib                                                            |
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

2. Not applicable.

Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request

1. Composer audit

Found 1 security vulnerability advisory affecting 1 package:
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Package           | web-auth/webauthn-lib                                                            |
| Severity          | medium                                                                           |
| Advisory ID       | PKSA-3mms-4n3p-ym65                                                              |
| CVE               | CVE-2024-39912                                                                   |
| Title             | The FIDO2/Webauthn Support for PHP library allows enumeration of valid usernames  |
| URL               | https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-875x-g8p7-5w27                                |
| Affected versions | >=4.5.0,<4.9.0                                                                   |
| Reported at       | 2024-07-15T16:37:49+00:00                                                        |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Found 1 abandoned package:
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Abandoned Package         | Suggested Replacement                                                            |
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| web-auth/metadata-service | web-auth/webauthn-lib                                                            |
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

2. No breaking changes.

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