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🛡️ CVE-2026-7568 — libphp

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
5.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Signed integer overflow in metaphone()

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, the metaphone() function in ext/standard/metaphone.c uses a signed int variable to track the current position within the input string. If a string longer than 2,147,483,647 bytes is passed, a signed integer overflow occurs, resulting in undefined behavior. This can lead to an out-of-bounds read, causing a segmentation fault or access to unrelated memory, and may affect the availability of the PHP process.

Affected software

CVE-2026-7568 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • libphp
  • php
  • php-min

Timeline and source

Published on 12 May 2026 and last revised on 6 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
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bugzilla.redhat.com (Web)
security.access.redhat.com (Web)

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-05-12
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-06
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libphp
php
php-min

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