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High ALSA-2026:33449 7 CVEs

Important: php security update

Published Jun 30, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server.

Security Fix(es):

* php: php-soap: php-src: PHP SOAP extension: Remote Code Execution via use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2026-6722)
* PHP: PHP: Denial of Service via improper handling of signed characters in ctype functions (CVE-2026-7258)
* PHP: PHP-FPM: PHP-FPM: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability via improper URL sanitation (CVE-2026-6735)
* PHP: PHP SoapServer: Memory corruption and information disclosure via incorrect persistence handling (CVE-2026-7261)
* php: NULL pointer dereference in php_mb_check_encoding() via mb_ereg_search_init() (CVE-2026-7259)
* php: NULL pointer dereference in SOAP apache:Map decoder with missing <value> (CVE-2026-7262)
* php: signed integer overflow in metaphone() (CVE-2026-7568)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 25

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 php 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-bcmath 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-cli 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-common 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-dba 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-dbg 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-devel 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-embedded 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-enchant 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-ffi 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-fpm 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-gd 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-gmp 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-intl 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-ldap 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-mbstring 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-mysqlnd 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-odbc 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-opcache 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-pdo 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-pgsql 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-process 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-snmp 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-soap 8.0.30-6.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-xml 8.0.30-6.el9_8

Vulnerabilities 7

  • Critical 9.5
    CVE-2026-6722

    Use-After-Free in SOAP using Apache map

    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 SOAP extension's object deduplication mechanism stores pointers to PHP objects in a global map without incrementing their reference counts. When an apac…

    PHP Group PHP php5 php7.0 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine Wolfi
  • High 7.3
    CVE-2026-6735 Public exploit

    XSS within PHP-FPM status endpoint

    In PHP versions 8.2.* before 8.2.31, 8.3.* before 8.3.31, 8.4.* before 8.4.21, 8.5.* before 8.5.6, due to improper sanitation of user data, it allows an attacker to compose an URL, which will cause the target to execute arbitrary JavaScript code (XSS) on the …

    PHP Group PHP php5 php7.0 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine Wolfi
  • Medium 6.3
    CVE-2026-7258

    Out-of-bounds read in urldecode() on NetBSD

    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, some functions, including urldecode(), pass signed char to ctype functions (like isxdigit()). On the systems with default signed char and optimized table-lo…

    PHP Group PHP php php8.2 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine Wolfi
  • Medium 6.3
    CVE-2026-7261

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

    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 …

    PHP Group PHP php5 php7.0 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine Wolfi
  • Medium 6.3
    CVE-2026-7568

    Signed integer overflow in metaphone()

    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 th…

    PHP Group PHP php5 php7.0 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine Wolfi
  • Low 2.9
    CVE-2026-7262

    NULL pointer dereference in SOAP apache:Map decoder with missing <value>

    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 a SOAP server has a typemap configured, the decoding process contains a mistake which checks the wrong variable in case of missing value element.  This…

    PHP Group PHP php5 php7.0 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine Wolfi
  • Low 2.1
    CVE-2026-7259

    Null pointer dereference in php_mb_check_encoding() via mb_ereg_search_init()

    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 v…

    PHP Group PHP php php8.1 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine Wolfi

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6722
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6735
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7258
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7259
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7261
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7262
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7568
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2468560
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2468561
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2468562
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2468563
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2468564
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2468565
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2468566
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-33449.html