CVE-2026-46638
Twig: `{% sandbox %}{% include %}` skips checkSecurity() on cached templates (incomplete fix for CVE-2024-45411)
Description
### Description The fix for CVE-2024-45411 / GHSA-6j75-5wfj-gh66 added an explicit `$loaded->unwrap()->checkSecurity()` call in `CoreExtension::include()` so that a template already cached in `Environment::$loadedTemplates` is re-checked when included with `sandboxed = true`. The deprecated but still functional `{% sandbox %}{% include ... %}{% endsandbox %}` tag path was not updated: it compiles to `enableSandbox(); yield from $this->load(...)->unwrap()->yield(...); disableSandbox();` with no `checkSecurity()` re-invocation. If the included template was loaded once outside the sandbox in the same `Environment` instance, its constructor (and therefore its compiled `checkSecurity()` call) already ran while `isSandboxed()` was `false`, so the tags/filters/functions allowlist enforced by `SecurityPolicy::checkSecurity()` is never applied. An attacker who can author the included template gains access to every filter, function and tag registered in the environment, regardless of the sandbox policy. ### Resolution The compiled output of `{% sandbox %}{% include %}` now calls `checkSecurity()` on the loaded template, matching the behaviour of `CoreExtension::include()` with `sandboxed = true`. ### Credits Twig would like to thank Claude Mythos Preview (via Project Glasswing) for reporting the issue and providing the fix.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/php-twigfrom 0
- Packagist/twig/twigfrom 0, < 3.26.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6j75-5wfj-gh66
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-46638
- PATCHhttps://github.com/twigphp/Twig
- WEBhttps://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/twig/twig/CVE-2026-46638.yaml
- WEBhttps://github.com/twigphp/Twig/security/advisories/GHSA-7fxw-r6jv-74c8
- WEBhttps://symfony.com/cve-2026-46638