Use After Free Affecting php package, versions [8.2.0 ,8.2.31)[8.3.0,8.3.31)[8.4.0,8.4.21)[8.5.0,8.5.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PHP-16624448
  • published10 May 2026
  • disclosed10 May 2026
  • creditiliaal

Introduced: 10 May 2026

CVE-2026-7261  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade php to version 8.2.31, 8.3.31, 8.4.21, 8.5.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the SoapServer process when configured with SOAP_PERSISTENCE_SESSION. An attacker can cause memory corruption, information disclosure, or process crashes by triggering a SOAP request that results in an error, leading to improper session persistence handling and use of a freed object.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1