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Low ALSA-2026:61259 3 CVEs

Low: php security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Aug 31, 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: ext/openssl: memory corruption in openssl_encrypt with AES-WRAP-PAD (CVE-2026-14355)
* php: ext-pgsql: PHP: SQL injection via improper backslash escaping (CVE-2026-17543)
* php: PHP: Denial of Service via circular symbolic links in phar archives (CVE-2026-7260)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* Backport fix for CVE-2026-14355 to PHP 8.0 in 9.8.z (JIRA:AlmaLinux-192624)
* Backport fix for CVE-2026-17543 and CVE-2026-7260 to PHP 8.0 in 9.8.z (JIRA:AlmaLinux-223940)

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 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-bcmath 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-cli 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-common 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-dba 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-dbg 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-devel 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-embedded 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-enchant 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-ffi 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-fpm 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-gd 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-gmp 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-intl 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-ldap 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-mbstring 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-mysqlnd 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-odbc 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-opcache 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-pdo 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-pgsql 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-process 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-snmp 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-soap 8.0.30-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux · 9 php-xml 8.0.30-8.el9_8

Vulnerabilities 3

  • High 8.1
    CVE-2026-17543 Public exploit

    SQL injection in ext-pgsql via E'...' backslash breakout

    Improper escaping of backslashes in attacker-provided parameters would allow for trivial SQL injection 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.

    PHP Group PHP php5 php7.0 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine
  • Medium 5.6
    CVE-2026-14355

    ext/openssl: Memory corruption in openssl_encrypt with AES-WRAP-PAD

    In PHP versions 8.2.* before 8.2.32, 8.3.* before 8.3.32, 8.4.* before 8.4.23, 8.5.* before 8.5.8, the AES-WRAP-PAD algorithm implementation in OpenSSL extension contains a buffer allocation flaw. The output buffer for the AES key-wrap-with-padding operation …

    PHP Group PHP php5 php7.2 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine
  • Medium 5.4
    CVE-2026-7260

    Stack overflow in phar with circular symlinks

    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.

    PHP Group PHP php5 php7.0 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-14355
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17543
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7260
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2496971
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2509254
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-61259.html