CVE-2026-7260 Affecting php:7.4/php-pecl-zip package, versions <0:1.18.2-1.module_el8.6.0+3239+bedf0508


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-PHP-19511260
  • published3 Sept 2026
  • disclosed2 Sept 2026

Introduced: 2 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-7260  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 php:7.4/php-pecl-zip to version 0:1.18.2-1.module_el8.6.0+3239+bedf0508 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2026:62334.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php:7.4/php-pecl-zip package and not the php:7.4/php-pecl-zip package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Circular symbolic links in phar archives could lead to unbounded recursion, exhausting the C stack and crashing the PHP process, in PHP versions from 8.2.* before 8.2.33, from 8.3.* before 8.3.33, from 8.4.* before 8.4.24, and from 8.5.* before 8.5.9.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1