CVE-2026-7260
Published:July 30, 2026
Updated:August 04, 2026
Circular symbolic links in phar archives could lead to unbounded recursion, exhausting the C stack and crashing the PHP process, in PHP versions from 8.2.* before 8.2.33, from 8.3.* before 8.3.33, from 8.4.* before 8.4.24, and from 8.5.* before 8.5.9.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/php/php-src.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=php-8.5.0 <php-8.5.9Fix Suggestion:
Update to version php-8.5.9https://github.com/php/php-src.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=php-8.2.0 <php-8.2.33Fix Suggestion:
Update to version php-8.2.33https://github.com/php/php-src.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=php-8.3.0 <php-8.3.33Fix Suggestion:
Update to version php-8.3.33https://github.com/php/php-src.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=php-8.4.0 <php-8.4.24Fix Suggestion:
Update to version php-8.4.24Related Resources (1)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
5.4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
ACTIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
HIGH
Exploit Maturity
UNREPORTED
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Stack-based Buffer Overflow
EPSS
Base Score:
0.17