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