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php8.2, php8.4 — security advisory
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.
- Products
- php8.2, php8.4
- Affected versions
- 8.2.10-1, 8.2.10-2, 8.2.12-1, 8.2.16-1, 8.2.16-2, 8.2.17-1, 8.2.18-1, 8.2.18-1~deb12u1, 8.2.20-1~deb12u1, 8.2.20-2, 8.2.20-3, 8.2.21-1, 8.2.23-1, 8.2.24-1, 8.2.24-1~deb12u1, 8.2.26-1~deb12u1, 8.2.26-4, 8.2.27-1, 8.2.28-1~deb12u1, 8.2.29-1~deb12u1, 8.2.30-1~deb12u1, 8.2.31-1~deb12u1, 8.2.32-1~deb12u1, 8.2.5-2, 8.2.7-1, 8.2.7-1.1, 8.2.7-1.2, 8.2.7-1~deb12u1, 8.4.11-1, 8.4.16-1, 8.4.16-1~deb13u1, 8.4.20-1, 8.4.21-1, 8.4.21-1~deb13u1, 8.4.22-1, 8.4.23-1, 8.4.23-1~deb13u1, 8.4.24-1~deb13u1
- Fixed versions
- 8.2.33-1~deb12u1, 8.4.24-1, 8.4.24-1~deb13u1
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-7260
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7260
php8.2
Fixed versions: 8.2.33-1~deb12u1
php8.4
Fixed versions: 8.4.24-1~deb13u1
php8.4
Fixed versions: 8.4.24-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T09:47:36.695448730Z",
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