NULL Pointer Dereference 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
0.78% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PHP-16624452
  • published10 May 2026
  • disclosed10 May 2026
  • creditiliaal

Introduced: 10 May 2026

CVE-2026-7262  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (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 NULL Pointer Dereference in the decoding process of the SOAP server when a typemap is configured and a <value> element is missing. An attacker can cause the server process to crash by sending specially crafted SOAP requests that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1