CVE-2026-7261

critical
Published 2026-05-10 · Modified 2026-05-12
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-7261

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7261.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@php.net — https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-m33r-qmcv-p97q

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbullseyefixed7.4.33-1+deb11u11
debian debianforkyfixed8.4.21-1
debian debiansidfixed8.4.21-1
debian debiantrixiefixed8.4.21-1~deb13u1
debian debianbookwormfixed8.2.31-1~deb12u1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
phpphp{"startIncluding":"8.2.0","endExcluding":"8.2.31"}8.2.31

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.