Improper Validation of Unsafe Equivalence in Input Affecting php-symfony-polyfill package, versions <1.38.1-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (43rd percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-PHPSYMFONYPOLYFILL-17082614
  • published29 May 2026
  • disclosed14 Jul 2026

Introduced: 29 May 2026

CVE-2026-46644  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1289  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 php-symfony-polyfill to version 1.38.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php-symfony-polyfill package and not the php-symfony-polyfill package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

Symfony Polyfill backports PHP features and provides compatibility layers for extensions and functions. From 1.17.1 until 1.38.1, symfony/polyfill-intl-idn accepts xn-- labels whose Punycode payload is empty or decodes to ASCII-only code points because Idn::process() does not enforce the UTS #46 revision 33 requirement that decoded ACE labels contain at least one non-ASCII code point. Originally unequal domain names can be regarded as equal, which can lead to blacklist bypassing, inconsistent URL parsing, and server-side request forgery in applications using the polyfill to canonicalise or compare hostnames. This issue is fixed in version 1.38.1.