CVE-2026-7259

MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.05%

Null pointer dereference in php_mb_check_encoding() via mb_ereg_search_init()

Published: 5/10/2026Modified: 5/16/2026

Description

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, a mismatch between encoding lists in Oniguruma and mbfl leads to  a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a segmentation fault and denial of service. The vulnerability is exploitable when user-controlled input can influence the encoding passed to mb_regex_encoding().

Affected packages (5)

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Debian/php8.2from 0, < 8.2.31-1~deb12u1
  • Debian/php8.4from 0, < 8.4.21-1~deb13u1

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 4.0—CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/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:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Amber
osvCVSS 3.1MEDIUM6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References (3)