Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Affecting php package, versions [8.4.0,8.4.21)[8.5.0,8.5.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PHP-16624534
  • published10 May 2026
  • disclosed10 May 2026
  • creditiluuu1994

Introduced: 10 May 2026

CVE-2026-7263  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-404  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade php to version 8.4.21, 8.5.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Resource Shutdown or Release in the C14N method of the DOMNode class. An attacker can cause the application to enter an infinite loop and exhaust system resources by supplying specially crafted XML data that triggers the creation of a circular linked list during XML processing.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1