PHP on Windows: Reserved Device Names Are Not Rejected Before File/Stream I/O which can cause DoS (PHP Group PHP)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.37 % · percentile 31 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- php
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
On Windows, PHP's filesystem and stream APIs do not reject reserved device names such as CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1 to COM9, LPT1 to LPT9, CONIN$ and CONOUT$ when they appear as a component of a path. An attacker-controlled filename therefore reaches CreateFileW() and opens a device instead of the regular file the application expected, which can block or hang the request and exhaust worker processes.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-67 — Improper Handling of Windows Device Names
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 6.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H | php |
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 6.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/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:X/U:X | NVD · security@php.net (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-87329
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-17545
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1227 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans PHP · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.2.0 < 8.2.34cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.3.0 < 8.3.35cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.4.0 < 8.4.26cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 8.5.0 < 8.5.11
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| PHP Group · PHP | affected 8.2.* < 8.2.34 ; affected 8.3.* < 8.3.35 ; affected 8.4.* < 8.4.26 ; affected 8.5.* < 8.5.11 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |