UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following Affecting smarty/smarty package, versions <4.5.7>=5.0.0, <5.8.2
Threat Intelligence
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- published12 Aug 2026
- disclosed7 Aug 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 7 Aug 2026
NewCVE-2026-62992 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade smarty/smarty to version 4.5.7, 5.8.2 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following via the Security::_checkDir process. An attacker can access arbitrary files outside of trusted directories by creating a symbolic link within a trusted directory and causing a template to reference that path. This is only exploitable if an attacker can create a symlink inside a trusted directory and influence template references.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by ensuring no untrusted symlinks can be created within any directory listed in secure_dir or the trusted template directories, and by restricting write access to those directories to trusted processes only.