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Critical · 9.8 Public exploit CVE-2021-32708 EUVD-2021-1300GHSA-9f46-5r25-5wfm

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in league/flysystem

Published Jun 24, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Flysystem is an open source file storage library for PHP. The whitespace normalisation using in 1.x and 2.x removes any unicode whitespace. Under certain specific conditions this could potentially allow a malicious user to execute code remotely. The conditions are: A user is allowed to supply the path or filename of an uploaded file, the supplied path or filename is not checked against unicode chars, the supplied pathname checked against an extension deny-list, not an allow-list, the supplied path or filename contains a unicode whitespace char in the extension, the uploaded file is stored in a directory that allows PHP code to be executed. Given these conditions are met a user can upload and execute arbitrary code on the system under attack. The unicode whitespace removal has been replaced with a rejection (exception). For 1.x users, upgrade to 1.1.4. For 2.x users, upgrade to 2.1.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
thephpleague flysystem < 1.1.4, >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 php-league-flysystem 1.1.3-4 —
Debian 13 php-league-flysystem 1.1.3-4 —
Debian 12 php-league-flysystem 1.1.3-4 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 php-league-flysystem No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS php-league-flysystem No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 php-league-flysystem No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS php-league-flysystem No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS php-league-flysystem No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS php-league-flysystem No fix yet —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

  • fazilbaig1/CVE-2021-32708 ★ 1 · Oct 19, 2024

    Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition. The whitespace normalisation using in 1.x and 2.x removes any unicode whitespace. Under certain specific conditions this could pote…

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist league/flysystem < 1.1.4 1.1.4 GHSA-9f46-5r25-5wfm
Packagist league/flysystem >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.1 2.1.1 GHSA-9f46-5r25-5wfm

References