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🛡️ CVE-2026-7259 — libphp

🟢 CVSS 2.0 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
2.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Null pointer dereference in php_mb_check_encoding() via mb_ereg_search_init()

In PHP versions 8.2.* before 8.2.31, 8.3.* before 8.3.31, 8.4.* before 8.4.21, and 8.5.* before 8.5.6, a mismatch between encoding lists in Oniguruma and mbfl leads to  a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a segmentation fault and denial of service. The vulnerability is exploitable when user-controlled input can influence the encoding passed to mb_regex_encoding().

Affected software

CVE-2026-7259 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • libphp
  • php
  • php-min

Timeline and source

Published on 12 May 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)

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Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 2.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-05-12
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-05-12
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libphp
php
php-min

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