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CVE-2026-7259

CVE-2026-7259 PUBLISHED CVSS 2.0999999046325684 LOW

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, a mismatch between encoding lists in Oniguruma and mbfl leads to  a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a segmentation fault and denial of service. The vulnerability is exploitable when user-controlled input can influence the encoding passed to mb_regex_encoding().

EPSS 0.05% · 16.6th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
2.0999999046325684
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/AU:Y/U:Amber
EPSS Score
0.05%
16.6th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
PHP GroupPHP8.2.*, 8.4.*, 8.5.*

Timeline

  • May 8, 2026 PoC Published
  • May 8, 2026 PoC Published
  • May 10, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 10, 2026 CVE Published
  • May 11, 2026 Security Advisory
  • May 11, 2026 CVE Updated
  • May 18, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 19, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 20, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 21, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 22, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 23, 2026 EPSS Score
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