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