Vulnerability · Published Jul 30, 2026 · Assigned by php

CVE-2026-7260Stack overflow in phar with circular symlinks

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity stack buffer overflow in PHP from PHP Group. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Circular symbolic links in phar archives could lead to unbounded recursion, exhausting the C stack and crashing the PHP process, in PHP versions from 8.2.* before 8.2.33, from 8.3.* before 8.3.33, from 8.4.* before 8.4.24, and from 8.5.* before 8.5.9.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8apcu-panel5.1.18-1.module_el8.6.0+2750+78feabcbALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8apcu-panel5.1.23-1.module_el8.10.0+3796+30ed3ef7ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:9apcu-panel5.1.23-1.module_el9.6.0+151+5f31e576ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9apcu-panel5.1.23-1.module_el9.4.0+65+49ff6472ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:8libzip1.7.3-1.module_el8.10.0+3796+30ed3ef7ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:8libzip1.6.1-1.module_el8.6.0+3239+bedf0508ALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8libzip1.6.1-1.module_el8.10.0+3935+28808425ALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8libzip1.6.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2750+78feabcbALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8libzip-devel1.6.1-1.module_el8.6.0+3239+bedf0508ALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8libzip-devel1.6.1-1.module_el8.10.0+3935+28808425ALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8libzip-devel1.7.3-1.module_el8.10.0+3796+30ed3ef7ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:8libzip-tools1.6.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2750+78feabcbALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8libzip-tools1.6.1-1.module_el8.6.0+3239+bedf0508ALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8libzip-tools1.7.3-1.module_el8.10.0+3796+30ed3ef7ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:8libzip-tools1.6.1-1.module_el8.10.0+3935+28808425ALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:10php8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8php8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:9php8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:9php8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+297+88e7f1bfALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:10php-bcmath8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-bcmath7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8php-bcmath8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:9php-bcmath8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+297+88e7f1bfALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-bcmath8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:9php-bcmath8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:9php-bcmath8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:10php-cli8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-cli8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:8php-cli7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:9php-cli8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:9php-cli8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-cli8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+297+88e7f1bfALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-cli8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:10php-common8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-common8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:8php-common7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:9php-common8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
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AlmaLinux:9php-common8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:9php-common8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:10php-dba8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-dba8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:8php-dba7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:9php-dba8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:9php-dba8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-dba8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:10php-dbg8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-dbg7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8php-dbg8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
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AlmaLinux:9php-dbg8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:10php-devel8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-devel7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8php-devel8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:9php-devel8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-devel8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+297+88e7f1bfALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-devel8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:9php-devel8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:10php-embedded8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-embedded7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8php-embedded8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:9php-embedded8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:9php-embedded8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+297+88e7f1bfALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-embedded8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-embedded8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:10php-enchant8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-enchant8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:8php-enchant7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:9php-enchant8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+297+88e7f1bfALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-enchant8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:9php-enchant8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:9php-enchant8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:10php-ffi8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-ffi8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:8php-ffi7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:9php-ffi8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:9php-ffi8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+297+88e7f1bfALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-ffi8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-ffi8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:10php-fpm8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-fpm8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:8php-fpm7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:9php-fpm8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:9php-fpm8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:9php-fpm8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+297+88e7f1bfALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-fpm8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:10php-gd8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-gd8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:8php-gd7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:9php-gd8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-gd8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:9php-gd8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+297+88e7f1bfALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-gd8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:10php-gmp8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-gmp8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:8php-gmp7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:9php-gmp8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+297+88e7f1bfALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-gmp8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-gmp8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:9php-gmp8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:10php-intl8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-intl7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8php-intl8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:9php-intl8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:9php-intl8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:9php-intl8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:8php-json7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:10php-ldap8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-ldap7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8php-ldap8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:9php-ldap8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-ldap8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+297+88e7f1bfALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-ldap8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:9php-ldap8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:10php-mbstring8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-mbstring8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
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AlmaLinux:9php-mbstring8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:9php-mbstring8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+297+88e7f1bfALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-mbstring8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:10php-mysqlnd8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-mysqlnd8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:8php-mysqlnd7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:9php-mysqlnd8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+297+88e7f1bfALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-mysqlnd8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-mysqlnd8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:9php-mysqlnd8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:10php-odbc8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-odbc8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:8php-odbc7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
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AlmaLinux:9php-odbc8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:9php-odbc8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:10php-opcache8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
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AlmaLinux:9php-opcache8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+297+88e7f1bfALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:10php-pdo8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
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AlmaLinux:8php-pear1:1.10.13-1.module_el8.10.0+3935+28808425ALSA-2026:62334
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AlmaLinux:9php-pecl-redis66.1.0-3.module_el9.8.0+257+89d727f2ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:8php-pecl-rrd2.0.1-1.module_el8.10.0+3935+28808425ALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8php-pecl-rrd2.0.3-1.module_el8.10.0+3796+30ed3ef7ALSA-2026:57574
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AlmaLinux:9php-pecl-rrd2.0.3-4.module_el9.6.0+151+5f31e576ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-pecl-rrd2.0.3-4.module_el9.8.0+287+a9a5bb73ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-pecl-rrd2.0.3-4.module_el9.4.0+65+49ff6472ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:8php-pecl-xdebug2.9.5-1.module_el8.6.0+2750+78feabcbALSA-2026:62334
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AlmaLinux:8php-pecl-xdebug33.2.2-2.module_el8.10.0+3796+30ed3ef7ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:9php-pecl-xdebug33.2.2-2.module_el9.4.0+65+49ff6472ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:9php-pecl-xdebug33.3.1-1.module_el9.6.0+151+5f31e576ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-pecl-xdebug33.3.1-1.module_el9.8.0+287+a9a5bb73ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:8php-pecl-zip1.18.2-1.module_el8.10.0+3935+28808425ALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8php-pecl-zip1.18.2-1.module_el8.6.0+2750+78feabcbALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8php-pecl-zip1.22.3-1.module_el8.10.0+3796+30ed3ef7ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:8php-pecl-zip1.18.2-1.module_el8.6.0+3239+bedf0508ALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:9php-pecl-zip1.22.3-1.module_el9.8.0+287+a9a5bb73ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-pecl-zip1.22.3-1.module_el9.4.0+65+49ff6472ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:9php-pecl-zip1.22.3-1.module_el9.6.0+151+5f31e576ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:10php-pgsql8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-pgsql7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8php-pgsql8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:9php-pgsql8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+296+9aab6c42ALSA-2026:57539
AlmaLinux:9php-pgsql8.0.30-8.el9_8ALSA-2026:61259
AlmaLinux:9php-pgsql8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903
AlmaLinux:10php-process8.3.33-1.el10_2ALSA-2026:62614
AlmaLinux:8php-process7.4.33-6.module_el8.10.0+4266+b824362aALSA-2026:62334
AlmaLinux:8php-process8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4258+937e8b44ALSA-2026:57574
AlmaLinux:9php-process8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+303+1bef6c12ALSA-2026:61903

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
PHP Group PHP 8.2.* – before 8.2.338.3.* – before 8.3.338.4.* – before 8.4.248.5.* – before 8.5.9

Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U

References