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