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high 7.5

CVE-2026-7568 json

Signed integer overflow in metaphone()

published 6mo ago modified last mo. also BIT-libphp-2026-7568 , BIT-php-2026-7568 , BIT-php-min-2026-7568 , EUVD-2026-28972 , GHSA-96wq-48vp-hh57

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In PHP versions 8.2.* before 8.2.31, 8.3.* before 8.3.31, 8.4.* before 8.4.21, and 8.5.* before 8.5.6, the metaphone() function in ext/standard/metaphone.c uses a signed int variable to track the current position within the input string. If a string longer than 2,147,483,647 bytes is passed, a signed integer overflow occurs, resulting in undefined behavior. This can lead to an out-of-bounds read, causing a segmentation fault or access to unrelated memory, and may affect the availability of the PHP process.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami libphp 8.2.31, 8.3.31, 8.4.21, 8.5.6
  • bitnami php 8.2.31, 8.3.31, 8.4.21, 8.5.6
  • bitnami php-min 8.2.31, 8.3.31, 8.4.21, 8.5.6
  • PHP Group PHP 8.2.31, 8.3.31, 8.4.21, 8.5.6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 0:8.3.31-1.el10_2, 0:8.4.21-1.el10_2
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 8100020260521052503.f7998665, 8100020260604072603.f7998665
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:8.0.30-6.el9_8, 9080020260521080715.9, 9080020260521113736.9
  • php8.2 Debian 12 8.2.31-1~deb12u1
  • php8.4 Debian 13 8.4.21-1~deb13u1
  • php8.4 Debian 14 8.4.21-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7568

  • php8.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.24
  • php8.3 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 8.3.6-0ubuntu0.24.04.9
  • php8.4 Ubuntu 25.10 8.4.11-1ubuntu1.2
  • php8.5 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 8.5.4-0ubuntu1.1
  • php7.0 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm20

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-7568

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • php RHEL 8 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e
  • libzip RHEL 8 1.6.1-1.module+el8.10.0+22485+a3539972
  • php-gd RHEL 8 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e
  • php-cli RHEL 8 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e
  • php-dba RHEL 8 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e
  • php-dbg RHEL 8 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e
  • php-ffi RHEL 8 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e
  • php-fpm RHEL 8 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:34354RHSA-2026:33449RHSA-2026:23388RHSA-2026:22649RHSA-2026:22305RHSA-2026:22143

  • php8 openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.5.6-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:10747-1

  • php AlmaLinux 8 7.4.33-4.module_el8.10.0+4209+2ed16ff0
  • libzip AlmaLinux 8 1.6.1-1.module_el8.6.0+3239+bedf0508
  • libzip AlmaLinux 8 1.6.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2750+78feabcb
  • libzip AlmaLinux 8 1.6.1-1.module_el8.10.0+3935+28808425
  • php-gd AlmaLinux 8 7.4.33-4.module_el8.10.0+4209+2ed16ff0
  • php-cli AlmaLinux 8 7.4.33-4.module_el8.10.0+4209+2ed16ff0
  • php-dba AlmaLinux 8 7.4.33-4.module_el8.10.0+4209+2ed16ff0
  • php-dbg AlmaLinux 8 7.4.33-4.module_el8.10.0+4209+2ed16ff0

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:34354ALSA-2026:33449ALSA-2026:23388ALSA-2026:22649ALSA-2026:22142ALSA-2026:22143

  • php Rocky Linux 9 8.0.30-6.el9_8
  • libzip Rocky Linux 8 1.6.1-1.module+el8.10.0+1604+6558efc7
  • libzip Rocky Linux 8 1.6.1-1.module+el8.10.0+1912+72767185
  • php-pear Rocky Linux 8 1:1.10.13-1.module+el8.10.0+1604+6558efc7
  • php-pear Rocky Linux 8 1:1.10.13-1.module+el8.10.0+1605+02e07af7
  • php-pear Rocky Linux 8 1:1.10.13-1.module+el8.10.0+1912+72767185
  • php-pecl-rrd Rocky Linux 8 2.0.1-1.module+el8.4.0+414+2e7afcdd
  • php-pecl-rrd Rocky Linux 8 2.0.1-1.module+el8.10.0+1912+72767185

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:33449RLSA-2026:34354RLSA-2026:23388RLSA-2026:22649RLSA-2026:22305RLSA-2026:22142

  • php81 Alpine 3.19 8.1.34-r0
  • php82 Alpine 3.22 8.2.31-r0
  • php83 Alpine 3.22 8.3.36-r0
  • php83 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 8.3.31-r0
  • php84 Alpine 3.22 8.4.27-r0
  • php84 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 8.4.21-r0
  • php85 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 8.5.6-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-7568

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • php Azure Linux 3.0 8.3.31-1

azure linux advisories AZL-86361

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-7568 updated cvss 7.5

php: signed integer overflow in metaphone()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) php 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e, php 8.2.31-1.module+el8.10.0+24323+abc2b0db, libzip 1.6.1-1.module+el8.10.0+22485+a3539972, libzip 1.7.3-1.module+el8.10.0+20770+a5eca186, php-gd 7.4.33-4.module+el8.10.0+24352+91532d3e, php-gd 8.2.31-1.module+el8.10.0+24323+abc2b0db, +60 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:34354
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) php 8.0.30-6.el9_8, php-gd 8.0.30-6.el9_8, php-cli 8.0.30-6.el9_8, php-dba 8.0.30-6.el9_8, php-dbg 8.0.30-6.el9_8, php-ffi 8.0.30-6.el9_8, +77 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:22142
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) php 8.3.31-1.el10_2, php-gd 8.3.31-1.el10_2, php8.4 8.4.21-1.el10_2, php-cli 8.3.31-1.el10_2, php-dba 8.3.31-1.el10_2, php-dbg 8.3.31-1.el10_2, +42 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:23388
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, php-pdo, +20 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, php-pdo, +18 more Red Hat Hardened Images php
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/RE:L/U:Amber
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 4.0 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:L/U:Amber
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami libphp
>=8.2.0, <8.2.31
>=8.3.0, <8.3.31
>=8.4.0, <8.4.21
>=8.5.0, <8.5.6
8.2.31
8.3.31
8.4.21
8.5.6
bitnami php
>=8.2.0, <8.2.31
>=8.3.0, <8.3.31
>=8.4.0, <8.4.21
>=8.5.0, <8.5.6
8.2.31
8.3.31
8.4.21
8.5.6
bitnami php-min
>=8.2.0, <8.2.31
>=8.3.0, <8.3.31
>=8.4.0, <8.4.21
>=8.5.0, <8.5.6
8.2.31
8.3.31
8.4.21
8.5.6

Affected products

  • PHP Group PHP
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

The maintainers of php/php-src published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.