Improper Access Control Affecting php53 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.73% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-PHP53-22217891
  • published5 Nov 2026
  • disclosed20 May 2015

Introduced: 20 May 2015

CVE-2015-8838  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 php53.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php53 package and not the php53 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd.c in PHP before 5.4.43, 5.5.x before 5.5.27, and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 uses a client SSL option to mean that SSL is optional, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a cleartext-downgrade attack, a related issue to CVE-2015-3152.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1