CVE-2025-6491 Affecting php8.1 package, versions <8.1.2-1ubuntu2.22


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-PHP81-10691383
  • published18 Jul 2025
  • disclosed13 Jul 2025

Introduced: 13 Jul 2025

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How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 php8.1 to version 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.22 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php8.1 package and not the php8.1 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In PHP versions:8.1.* before 8.1.33, 8.2.* before 8.2.29, 8.3.* before 8.3.23, 8.4.* before 8.4.10 when parsing XML data in SOAP extensions, overly large (>2Gb) XML namespace prefix may lead to null pointer dereference. This may lead to crashes and affect the availability of the target server.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1