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-pgsqlUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-pdoUpgrade phpUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade php-odbcUpgrade php-recodeUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-gdUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-mysqlUpgrade php-cliUpgrade php-processUpgrade php-soap | Dec 4, 2019 | Sep 12, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade php-recodeUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-mysqlUpgrade php-odbcUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-cliUpgrade php-soapUpgrade php-processUpgrade php-pgsqlUpgrade phpUpgrade php-gdUpgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-ldap | Dec 18, 2019 | Sep 12, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade php-mysqlUpgrade php-recodeUpgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-cliUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-gdUpgrade php-processUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-soapUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade php-pgsqlUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-odbcUpgrade php | Sep 24, 2019 | Sep 12, 2016 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 5.6.25Upgrade to PHP version 7.0.10 | Sep 15, 2016 | Sep 11, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Sep 2, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php7-posixUpgrade php7-fpmUpgrade php53-fileinfoUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php7-opensslUpgrade php7-odbcUpgrade php53-intlUpgrade php7-mysqlUpgrade php7-mbstringUpgrade php53-posixUpgrade php53-xmlwriterUpgrade php7-ldapUpgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php53-opensslUpgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade php7-dbaUpgrade php53-zipUpgrade php7-pdoUpgrade php7-sysvmsgUpgrade php53Upgrade php7-mcryptUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php53-sysvmsgUpgrade php5-ldapUpgrade php53-xmlreaderUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php7-bcmathUpgrade php5-fpmUpgrade php7-enchantUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade php53-domUpgrade php53-soapUpgrade php7-wddxUpgrade php53-gdUpgrade php5-fileinfoUpgrade php53-imapUpgrade php7-develUpgrade php5-xslUpgrade apache2-mod_php53Upgrade php53-sysvsemUpgrade php7-ftpUpgrade php7-pharUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade php7-jsonUpgrade apache2-mod_php7Upgrade php7-sqliteUpgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php5-imapUpgrade php7-zlibUpgrade php7-bz2Upgrade php53-calendarUpgrade php53-ctypeUpgrade php7-ctypeUpgrade php53-mbstringUpgrade php7-tokenizerUpgrade php7-sysvsemUpgrade php53-tokenizerUpgrade php7-pgsqlUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php5-socketsUpgrade php7-pear-archive_tarUpgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php53-exifUpgrade php53-sqliteUpgrade php5-iconvUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php7-shmopUpgrade php7-fastcgiUpgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php5-domUpgrade php53-develUpgrade php53-tidyUpgrade php53-suhosinUpgrade php53-pcntlUpgrade php5-posixUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php5-develUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php53-zlibUpgrade php5-sqliteUpgrade php7-soapUpgrade php5-intlUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade php7-intlUpgrade php5-enchantUpgrade php7-sysvshmUpgrade php53-jsonUpgrade php53-pearUpgrade php7-fileinfoUpgrade php7-socketsUpgrade php53-ftpUpgrade php53-socketsUpgrade php53-pgsqlUpgrade php7-xmlrpcUpgrade php53-iconvUpgrade php53-mysqlUpgrade php7-xslUpgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade php5-opcacheUpgrade php53-gettextUpgrade php53-bcmathUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php7-opcacheUpgrade php53-sysvshmUpgrade php7-domUpgrade php53-gmpUpgrade php53-pspellUpgrade php7-xmlwriterUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php7-pearUpgrade php5-pdoUpgrade php7-exifUpgrade php53-curlUpgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php53-xslUpgrade php5-soapUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php7-pcntlUpgrade php7Upgrade php7-zipUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade php5-mcryptUpgrade php53-dbaUpgrade php53-pdoUpgrade php5-jsonUpgrade php53-readlineUpgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php7-gmpUpgrade php53-odbcUpgrade php5-dbaUpgrade php53-snmpUpgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php5Upgrade php53-bz2Upgrade php7-snmpUpgrade php7-imapUpgrade php7-gdUpgrade php53-wddxUpgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php7-curlUpgrade php7-xmlreaderUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-pharUpgrade php7-gettextUpgrade php7-calendarUpgrade php7-pspellUpgrade php53-fastcgiUpgrade php53-mcryptUpgrade php7-iconvUpgrade php53-shmopUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php53-xmlrpcUpgrade php53-ldapUpgrade php5-gmp | Sep 19, 2016 | Sep 11, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade php5-cliUpgrade libapache2-mod-php7.0Upgrade php7.0-cliUpgrade php7.0-gdUpgrade php7.0-cgiUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php7.0-fpmUpgrade libapache2-mod-php5Upgrade php7.0-curlUpgrade php5-mysqlndUpgrade php5-fpmUpgrade php7.0-mysqlUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-cgi | Oct 7, 2016 | Sep 11, 2016 |
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