Vulnerability · Published Jan 8, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-22034Snuffleupagus vulnerable to RCE on instances with upload validation enabled but without the VLD package
Critical 9.2
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in snuffleupagus from jvoisin. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Snuffleupagus is a module that raises the cost of attacks against website by killing bug classes and providing a virtual patching system. On deployments of Snuffleupagus prior to version 0.13.0 with the non-default upload validation feature enabled and configured to use one of the upstream validation scripts based on Vulcan Logic Disassembler (VLD) while the VLD extension is not available to the CLI SAPI, all files from multipart POST requests are evaluated as PHP code. The issue was fixed in version 0.13.0.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | snuffleupagus | 0.13.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-22034 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| jvoisin | snuffleupagus | < 0.13.0 |
Weakness: CWE-636 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://github.com/jvoisin/snuffleupagus/security/advisories/GHSA-c4ch-xw5p-2mvc x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/jvoisin/snuffleupagus/commit/9278dc77bab2a219e770a1b31dd6797bc9070e37 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/jvoisin/snuffleupagus/blob/9278dc77bab2a219e770a1b31dd6797bc9070e37/src/sp_upload_validation.c#L92-L100 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/jvoisin/snuffleupagus/blob/v0.12.0/scripts/upload_validation.php x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/jvoisin/snuffleupagus/blob/v0.12.0/scripts/upload_validation.py x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/e4098da58a9eaee759d728d98a27d809cde37671/ext/standard/dl.c#L165-L166 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/e4098da58a9eaee759d728d98a27d809cde37671/main/rfc1867.c#L1269-L1274 x_refsource_MISC
- https://snuffleupagus.readthedocs.io/config.html#upload-validation x_refsource_MISC