Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 10, 2026· Updated May 12, 2026
CVE-2026-7259
CVE-2026-7259
Description
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 products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-wm6j-2649-pv75nvdVendor Advisory
News mentions
1- Patch Tuesday - May 2026Rapid7 Blog · May 13, 2026