USN-8734-1: PHP vulnerabilities
Ubuntu issued USN-8734-1 fixing three PHP denial-of-service flaws in SOAP, metaphone() and phar handling, including CVE-2026-7262 and CVE-2026-7568.
Ubuntu security notice USN-8734-1 addresses multiple PHP vulnerabilities. CVE-2026-7262 is a NULL pointer dereference in Apache map decoding in SOAP servers with a typemap configured; CVE-2026-7568 is a signed integer overflow in metaphone() causing an out-of-bounds read; and CVE-2026-7260 involves unbounded recursion from circular symbolic links in phar archives. All issues could allow remote attackers to cause denial-of-service conditions.
- Three PHP flaws enable remote denial of service.
- Affects SOAP servers with typemap, metaphone() function, and phar archive handling.
Vulnerabilities mentionedAll →
| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Flags | Affected | Exposure | Published |
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| CVE-2026-7260 | 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.* befo 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. NVD description · AI analysis pending | 5.4 | <1% |
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| CVE-2026-7568 +1 in the same advisory: …7262 | 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, the metaphone() function in ext/standard/metaphone.c uses 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, the metaphone() function in ext/standard/metaphone.c uses a signed int variable to track the current position within the input string. If a string longer than 2,147,483,647 bytes is passed, a signed integer overflow occurs, resulting in undefined behavior. This can lead to an out-of-bounds read, causing a segmentation fault or access to unrelated memory, and may affect the availability of the PHP process. NVD description · AI analysis pending | 6.3 group max | <1% |
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It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled Apache map decoding in SOAP servers with a typemap configured. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-7262) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled signed integer overflow in the metaphone() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause an out-of-bounds read, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-7568) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled circular symbolic links in phar archives. An attacker could use this issue to cause unbounded recursion, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-7260) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly escaped…
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