CVE-2026-7260 Affecting php-mbstring package, versions <0:8.2.33-1.module+el8.10.0+40286+57beaacb


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PHPMBSTRING-19215978
  • published23 Aug 2026
  • disclosed30 Jul 2026

Introduced: 30 Jul 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 php-mbstring to version 0:8.2.33-1.module+el8.10.0+40286+57beaacb or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2026:57574.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php-mbstring package and not the php-mbstring package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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