ext/session/session.c in PHP before 5.6.25 and 7.x before 7.0.10 skips invalid session names in a way that triggers incorrect parsing, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary-type session data by leveraging control of a session name, as demonstrated by object injection.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade php7.0Upgrade php5 | Oct 8, 2016 | Sep 11, 2016 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/php. | Oct 30, 2017 | Sep 11, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-odbcUpgrade php-pgsqlUpgrade phpUpgrade php-mysqlUpgrade php-cliUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-processUpgrade php-soapUpgrade php-recodeUpgrade php-gd | Dec 4, 2019 | Sep 12, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade php-mysqlUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-odbcUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-cliUpgrade php-recodeUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-gdUpgrade phpUpgrade php-soapUpgrade php-pgsqlUpgrade php-processUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade php-pdo | Dec 18, 2019 | Sep 12, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade php-soapUpgrade php-pgsqlUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade php-odbcUpgrade phpUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-mysqlUpgrade php-gdUpgrade php-cliUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-processUpgrade php-recode | Sep 24, 2019 | Sep 12, 2016 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 7.0.10Upgrade to PHP version 5.6.25 | Sep 15, 2016 | Sep 11, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Sep 2, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php5-pdoUpgrade php5-pharUpgrade php53-shmopUpgrade php53-sysvshmUpgrade php7-intlUpgrade php7-xmlreaderUpgrade php7-snmpUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php7-calendarUpgrade php53-ldapUpgrade php53-mcryptUpgrade php53-curlUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php53-fastcgiUpgrade php5-opcacheUpgrade php7-sysvshmUpgrade php53-xslUpgrade php53-gettextUpgrade php53-odbcUpgrade php7-imapUpgrade php5-mcryptUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php5-intlUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade php53-pdoUpgrade php7Upgrade php7-zipUpgrade php53-iconvUpgrade php7-xmlwriterUpgrade php7-pcntlUpgrade php7-pspellUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php7-curlUpgrade php53-pgsqlUpgrade php53-snmpUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php5-dbaUpgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php53-bz2Upgrade php5-soapUpgrade php7-gdUpgrade php53-bcmathUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade php53-zlibUpgrade php53-socketsUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php5-sqliteUpgrade php53-gmpUpgrade php7-fileinfoUpgrade php7-opcacheUpgrade php53-pspellUpgrade php53-mysqlUpgrade php7-gmpUpgrade php7-xslUpgrade php7-xmlrpcUpgrade php7-gettextUpgrade php53-dbaUpgrade php7-domUpgrade php5-enchantUpgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php5Upgrade php5-jsonUpgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php53-xmlrpcUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php7-pearUpgrade php53-wddxUpgrade php7-exifUpgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php53-readlineUpgrade php5-develUpgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade php53-pearUpgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php7-iconvUpgrade php5-gmpUpgrade php7-soapUpgrade php53-jsonUpgrade php7-socketsUpgrade php53-ftpUpgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php53-suhosinUpgrade php53-pcntlUpgrade php7-bcmathUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php7-opensslUpgrade php53-develUpgrade php7-posixUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php7-develUpgrade php7-mcryptUpgrade php53-zipUpgrade php53Upgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php7-ldapUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php7-dbaUpgrade php53-soapUpgrade php53-xmlwriterUpgrade php53-xmlreaderUpgrade php53-sysvsemUpgrade php7-pdoUpgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php5-iconvUpgrade php53-sysvmsgUpgrade php53-opensslUpgrade php53-tokenizerUpgrade php7-mbstringUpgrade php5-fpmUpgrade php53-posixUpgrade php53-gdUpgrade php53-domUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade php5-fileinfoUpgrade php7-tokenizerUpgrade php7-shmopUpgrade php5-xslUpgrade php7-pharUpgrade php7-pgsqlUpgrade php7-sysvmsgUpgrade php7-ctypeUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php7-fastcgiUpgrade php7-sysvsemUpgrade php53-fileinfoUpgrade php53-ctypeUpgrade php5-posixUpgrade php53-tidyUpgrade php5-socketsUpgrade php53-mbstringUpgrade php7-pear-archive_tarUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade php53-calendarUpgrade php53-sqliteUpgrade php5-ldapUpgrade php7-wddxUpgrade php53-imapUpgrade php7-mysqlUpgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php53-intlUpgrade php7-fpmUpgrade php7-odbcUpgrade apache2-mod_php53Upgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php53-exifUpgrade php5-imapUpgrade php7-bz2Upgrade php7-zlibUpgrade php7-ftpUpgrade apache2-mod_php7Upgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php7-jsonUpgrade php7-sqliteUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade php7-enchantUpgrade php5-dom | Sep 19, 2016 | Sep 11, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libapache2-mod-php5Upgrade php5-cliUpgrade php7.0-cgiUpgrade php7.0-cliUpgrade php7.0-gdUpgrade php7.0-fpmUpgrade libapache2-mod-php7.0Upgrade php5-gdUpgrade php7.0-curlUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-cgiUpgrade php5-fpmUpgrade php7.0-mysqlUpgrade php5-mysqlnd | Oct 7, 2016 | Sep 11, 2016 |
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