CVE-2026-45305
Prior to 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12, Symfony\Component\Yaml\Parser::cleanup() used regular expressions with overlapping quantifiers for YAML directive, comment, and document marker cleanup, allowing crafted input to make parsing hang for an…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. Prior to 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12, Symfony\Component\Yaml\Parser::cleanup() used regular expressions with overlapping quantifiers for YAML directive, comment, and document marker cleanup, allowing crafted input to make parsing hang for an arbitrarily long time. This issue is fixed in versions 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.68% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Affected
- sensiolabs/symfony
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/9749cd43c5e09b3735093623670b21b9d8a056cbPatch
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v5.4.52Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v6.4.40Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v7.4.12Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v8.0.12Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-9frc-8383-795mPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.