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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2026-7261 in the critical feed json

SoapServer session-persisted object use-after-free via SOAP header fault

published 2026-05-07 6 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 59 d ago also BIT-libphp-2026-7261 , BIT-php-2026-7261 , BIT-php-min-2026-7261 , EUVD-2026-28970 , GHSA-m33r-qmcv-p97q

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In PHP versions 8.2.* before 8.2.31, 8.3.* before 8.3.31, 8.4.* before 8.4.21, and 8.5.* before 8.5.6, when SoapServer is configured with SOAP_PERSISTENCE_SESSION, the handler object is persisted across requests via session storage. However, in the case SOAP requests results in an error, the persistance is handled incorrectly, resulting in freeing the object while keeping a pointer to it, which may lead to use-after-free. This may lead to memory corruption, information disclosure, or process crashes, with confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the vulnerable system.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami libphp 8.2.31, 8.3.31, 8.4.21, 8.5.6
  • bitnami php 8.2.31, 8.3.31, 8.4.21, 8.5.6
  • bitnami php-min 8.2.31, 8.3.31, 8.4.21, 8.5.6
  • PHP Group PHP 8.2.31, 8.3.31, 8.4.21, 8.5.6
  • php8.2 Debian 12 8.2.31-1~deb12u1
  • php8.4 Debian 13 8.4.21-1~deb13u1
  • php8.4 Debian 14 8.4.21-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7261

  • php8.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.24
  • php8.3 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 8.3.6-0ubuntu0.24.04.9
  • php8.4 Ubuntu 25.10 8.4.11-1ubuntu1.2
  • php8.5 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 8.5.4-0ubuntu1.1
  • php7.0 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm19

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-7261

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • php RHEL 8 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e
  • libzip RHEL 8 1.6.1-1.module+el8.10.0+22485+a3539972
  • php-gd RHEL 8 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e
  • php-cli RHEL 8 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e
  • php-dba RHEL 8 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e
  • php-dbg RHEL 8 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e
  • php-ffi RHEL 8 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e
  • php-fpm RHEL 8 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:34354RHSA-2026:33449RHSA-2026:23388RHSA-2026:22649RHSA-2026:22305RHSA-2026:22143

  • php8 openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.5.6-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:10747-1

  • php AlmaLinux 8 7.4.33-4.module_el8.10.0+4209+2ed16ff0
  • libzip AlmaLinux 8 1.6.1-1.module_el8.6.0+3239+bedf0508
  • libzip AlmaLinux 8 1.6.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2750+78feabcb
  • libzip AlmaLinux 8 1.6.1-1.module_el8.10.0+3935+28808425
  • php-gd AlmaLinux 8 7.4.33-4.module_el8.10.0+4209+2ed16ff0
  • php-cli AlmaLinux 8 7.4.33-4.module_el8.10.0+4209+2ed16ff0
  • php-dba AlmaLinux 8 7.4.33-4.module_el8.10.0+4209+2ed16ff0
  • php-dbg AlmaLinux 8 7.4.33-4.module_el8.10.0+4209+2ed16ff0

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:34354ALSA-2026:33449ALSA-2026:23388ALSA-2026:22649ALSA-2026:22142ALSA-2026:22143

  • php Rocky Linux 9 8.0.30-6.el9_8
  • libzip Rocky Linux 8 1.6.1-1.module+el8.10.0+1604+6558efc7
  • libzip Rocky Linux 8 1.6.1-1.module+el8.10.0+1912+72767185
  • php-pear Rocky Linux 8 1:1.10.13-1.module+el8.10.0+1604+6558efc7
  • php-pear Rocky Linux 8 1:1.10.13-1.module+el8.10.0+1605+02e07af7
  • php-pear Rocky Linux 8 1:1.10.13-1.module+el8.10.0+1912+72767185
  • php-pecl-rrd Rocky Linux 8 2.0.1-1.module+el8.4.0+414+2e7afcdd
  • php-pecl-rrd Rocky Linux 8 2.0.1-1.module+el8.10.0+1912+72767185

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:33449RLSA-2026:34354

  • php81 Alpine 3.19 8.1.34-r0
  • php82 Alpine 3.22 8.2.31-r0
  • php83 Alpine 3.22 8.3.36-r0
  • php83 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 8.3.31-r0
  • php84 Alpine 3.22 8.4.27-r0
  • php84 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 8.4.21-r0
  • php85 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 8.5.6-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-7261

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • php Azure Linux 3.0 8.3.31-1

azure linux advisories AZL-86343

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-7261 updated cvss 5.6

PHP: PHP SoapServer: Memory corruption and information disclosure via incorrect persistence handling

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, php-pdo, +20 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, php-pdo, +18 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) php 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e, php 8.2.31-1.module+el8.10.0+24323+abc2b0db, libzip 1.6.1-1.module+el8.10.0+22485+a3539972, libzip 1.7.3-1.module+el8.10.0+20770+a5eca186, php-gd 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e, php-gd 8.2.31-1.module+el8.10.0+24323+abc2b0db, +60 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:34354
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) php 8.0.30-6.el9_8, php-gd 8.0.30-6.el9_8, php-cli 8.0.30-6.el9_8, php-dba 8.0.30-6.el9_8, php-dbg 8.0.30-6.el9_8, php-ffi 8.0.30-6.el9_8, +77 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:22142
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) php 8.3.31-1.el10_2, php-gd 8.3.31-1.el10_2, php8.4 8.4.21-1.el10_2, php-cli 8.3.31-1.el10_2, php-dba 8.3.31-1.el10_2, php-dbg 8.3.31-1.el10_2, +42 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:23388
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 php, libzip, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-dbg, +30 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/S:P/AU:Y/RE:M/U:Amber
CNA 4.0 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/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:P/AU:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:M/U:Amber
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 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
bitnami libphp
>=8.2.0, <8.2.31
>=8.3.0, <8.3.31
>=8.4.0, <8.4.21
>=8.5.0, <8.5.6
8.2.31
8.3.31
8.4.21
8.5.6
bitnami php
>=8.2.0, <8.2.31
>=8.3.0, <8.3.31
>=8.4.0, <8.4.21
>=8.5.0, <8.5.6
8.2.31
8.3.31
8.4.21
8.5.6
bitnami php-min
>=8.2.0, <8.2.31
>=8.3.0, <8.3.31
>=8.4.0, <8.4.21
>=8.5.0, <8.5.6
8.2.31
8.3.31
8.4.21
8.5.6

Affected products

  • PHP Group PHP

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

The maintainers of php/php-src published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.