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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2026-24895 json

FrankenPHP affected by Path Confusion via Unicode casing in CGI path splitting allows execution of arbitrary files

published 2026-02-12 8 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-g966-83w7-6w38 , GO-2026-4486 , EUVD-2026-6699

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

FrankenPHP is a modern application server for PHP. Prior to 1.11.2, FrankenPHP’s CGI path splitting logic improperly handles Unicode characters during case conversion. The logic computes the split index (for finding .php) on a lowercased copy of the request path but applies that byte index to the original path. Because strings.ToLower() in Go can increase the byte length of certain UTF-8 characters (e.g., Ⱥ expands when lowercased), the computed index may not align with the correct position in the original string. This results in an incorrect SCRIPT_NAME and SCRIPT_FILENAME, potentially causing FrankenPHP to execute a file other than the one intended by the URI. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.11.2.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/dunglas/frankenphp 1.11.2
  • php frankenphp 1.11.2
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.0.20260226T182644-150000.1.149.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:0757-1

  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
8 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/php/frankenphp/security/advisories/GHSA-g966-83w7-6w38 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 8.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA 4.0 8.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/dunglas/frankenphp
<1.11.2
1.11.2

Affected products

  • php frankenphp

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-180 Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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