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