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 php5Upgrade php7.0 | 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-cliUpgrade php-gdUpgrade php-mysqlUpgrade php-soapUpgrade php-recodeUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-processUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade php-pgsqlUpgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-odbcUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php | Dec 4, 2019 | Sep 12, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-soapUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade phpUpgrade php-gdUpgrade php-pgsqlUpgrade php-processUpgrade php-odbcUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-cliUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-mysqlUpgrade php-recode | Dec 18, 2019 | Sep 12, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-recodeUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-processUpgrade php-gdUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-cliUpgrade php-mysqlUpgrade php-soapUpgrade php-pgsqlUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade phpUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-odbc | 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 php7Upgrade php5-gmpUpgrade php53-curlUpgrade php5-jsonUpgrade php5-intlUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php53-pdoUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade php5-mcryptUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php7-zipUpgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php53-odbcUpgrade php7-opcacheUpgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php53-mcryptUpgrade php7-gettextUpgrade php53-fastcgiUpgrade php7-xslUpgrade php7-xmlrpcUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php7-iconvUpgrade php7-xmlwriterUpgrade php7-sysvshmUpgrade php53-zlibUpgrade php7-pspellUpgrade php7-exifUpgrade php53-readlineUpgrade php53-snmpUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php7-gdUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade php7-soapUpgrade php53-bz2Upgrade php5-dbaUpgrade php53-jsonUpgrade php53-gmpUpgrade php53-bcmathUpgrade php53-socketsUpgrade php5Upgrade php5-sqliteUpgrade php5-enchantUpgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade php5-opcacheUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php5-develUpgrade php7-snmpUpgrade php53-pspellUpgrade php7-imapUpgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php7-pearUpgrade php7-gmpUpgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php7-pcntlUpgrade php53-xslUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php7-domUpgrade php53-iconvUpgrade php53-ftpUpgrade php5-pharUpgrade php7-xmlreaderUpgrade php53-wddxUpgrade php7-curlUpgrade php53-mysqlUpgrade php53-pearUpgrade php7-fileinfoUpgrade php53-gettextUpgrade php53-xmlrpcUpgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php5-pdoUpgrade php7-socketsUpgrade php53-sysvshmUpgrade php53-dbaUpgrade php53-pgsqlUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php53-shmopUpgrade php7-calendarUpgrade php7-intlUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-soapUpgrade php53-ldapUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php7-fpmUpgrade php7-mbstringUpgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php7-fastcgiUpgrade php7-mcryptUpgrade php53Upgrade php5-xslUpgrade php5-fileinfoUpgrade php53-mbstringUpgrade php53-tidyUpgrade php7-ctypeUpgrade php53-imapUpgrade php53-intlUpgrade php7-odbcUpgrade php7-opensslUpgrade php53-fileinfoUpgrade php7-wddxUpgrade php7-posixUpgrade php7-mysqlUpgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php53-pcntlUpgrade php5-socketsUpgrade php7-pear-archive_tarUpgrade php5-domUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php53-suhosinUpgrade php7-ldapUpgrade apache2-mod_php53Upgrade php7-pharUpgrade php53-domUpgrade php53-gdUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php5-ldapUpgrade php53-zipUpgrade php7-bz2Upgrade php5-imapUpgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php7-zlibUpgrade apache2-mod_php7Upgrade php7-sqliteUpgrade php53-exifUpgrade php7-jsonUpgrade php7-ftpUpgrade php53-posixUpgrade php53-ctypeUpgrade php7-sysvsemUpgrade php53-sqliteUpgrade php7-tokenizerUpgrade php7-enchantUpgrade php5-fpmUpgrade php5-posixUpgrade php53-sysvmsgUpgrade php53-opensslUpgrade php7-pdoUpgrade php7-dbaUpgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php5-iconvUpgrade php7-shmopUpgrade php53-develUpgrade php53-sysvsemUpgrade php53-xmlwriterUpgrade php53-soapUpgrade php53-xmlreaderUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php53-tokenizerUpgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php7-develUpgrade php7-sysvmsgUpgrade php7-pgsqlUpgrade php53-calendarUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade php7-bcmath | Sep 19, 2016 | Sep 11, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade php7.0-gdUpgrade php7.0-fpmUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php7.0-cgiUpgrade libapache2-mod-php5Upgrade php7.0-curlUpgrade php7.0-cliUpgrade libapache2-mod-php7.0Upgrade php5-cliUpgrade php5-fpmUpgrade php7.0-mysqlUpgrade php5-mysqlndUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-cgi | Oct 7, 2016 | Sep 11, 2016 |
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