Out-of-bounds Read Affecting php package, versions [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
0.47% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PHP-16624535
  • published10 May 2026
  • disclosed10 May 2026
  • creditAkshayJainG

Introduced: 10 May 2026

CVE-2026-6104  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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 Out-of-bounds Read in the mb_convert_encoding process when an encoding name containing an embedded NUL byte is provided. An attacker can cause a crash or disclose sensitive information by supplying specially crafted input to affected functions or settings.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1