Security update for php8

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1958-1
Release Date: 2026-05-18T07:58:11Z
Rating: critical
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-14179 ( SUSE ): 9.2 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
  • CVE-2025-14179 ( SUSE ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-14179 ( NVD ): 7.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:M/U:Amber
  • CVE-2025-14179 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-6722 ( SUSE ): 9.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-6722 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-6722 ( NVD ): 9.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:M/U:Red
  • CVE-2026-6722 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-6735 ( SUSE ): 2.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-6735 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2026-6735 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:L/U:Amber
  • CVE-2026-6735 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2026-7258 ( SUSE ): 8.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-7258 ( SUSE ): 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2026-7258 ( NVD ): 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Amber
  • CVE-2026-7258 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-7259 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-7259 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-7259 ( NVD ): 2.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Amber
  • CVE-2026-7259 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-7261 ( SUSE ): 9.2 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
  • CVE-2026-7261 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-7261 ( NVD ): 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:M/U:Amber
  • CVE-2026-7261 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-7262 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-7262 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2026-7262 ( NVD ): 2.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:M/U:Amber
  • CVE-2026-7262 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-7568 ( SUSE ): 8.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-7568 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2026-7568 ( NVD ): 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:L/U:Amber
  • CVE-2026-7568 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7
  • Web and Scripting Module 15-SP7

An update that solves eight vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for php8 fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2025-14179: improper handling of NULL bytes by the PDO Firebird driver when preparing SQL queries can lead to SQL injection (bsc#1264778).
  • CVE-2026-6722: use-after-free in SOAP using Apache map can lead to remote code execution (bsc#1264776).
  • CVE-2026-6735: improper validation of the request URI within the PHP-FPM status page can lead to XSS (bsc#1264775).
  • CVE-2026-7258: signed char values passed to ctype functions like isxdigit can lead to OOB access and denial of service (bsc#1264774).
  • CVE-2026-7259: NULL pointer dereference in php_mb_check_encoding() via mb_ereg_search_init() can lead to a denial of service (bsc#1264773).
  • CVE-2026-7261: use-after-free due to incorrectly handled persistence of handler objects when SOAP_PERSISTENCE_SESSION is configured can lead to memory corruption, information disclosure and process crashes (bsc#1264772).
  • CVE-2026-7262: NULL pointer dereference caused by mistake in the SOAP decoding process when a typemap is configured can lead to a denial of service (bsc#1264771).
  • CVE-2026-7568: integer overflow in the metaphone function can lead to undefined behavior and affect the availability of the PHPprocess (bsc#1264769).

Other updates:

  • Updated to 8.3.31.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Web and Scripting Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-SP7-2026-1958=1

Package List:

  • Web and Scripting Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • php8-exif-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-ctype-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-posix-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-fileinfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-fileinfo-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-iconv-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-fastcgi-debugsource-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • apache2-mod_php8-debugsource-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-pdo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-sodium-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-sockets-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-curl-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-mysql-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-gettext-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-xmlwriter-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-cli-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-test-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-bcmath-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-mbstring-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-shmop-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-bcmath-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-debugsource-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-snmp-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-embed-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-gmp-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-devel-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-enchant-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-xmlreader-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-sysvshm-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-opcache-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-phar-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-pdo-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-bz2-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-ctype-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-gd-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-xmlwriter-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-intl-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-fastcgi-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-mbstring-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-ftp-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-odbc-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-soap-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-zip-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-zlib-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-openssl-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-pgsql-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-ldap-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-bz2-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-sysvsem-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-embed-debugsource-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-zip-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-zlib-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-odbc-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-tokenizer-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-snmp-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-fpm-debugsource-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-intl-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-fpm-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-sodium-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-sqlite-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-dba-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-embed-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-posix-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-sysvsem-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-opcache-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-curl-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-calendar-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-cli-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-sysvmsg-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-dom-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-soap-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-pcntl-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-fastcgi-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-calendar-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-ftp-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-phar-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-pcntl-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-sysvshm-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-tidy-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-openssl-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-xsl-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-pgsql-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-fpm-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-shmop-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-readline-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-dba-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-sqlite-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-sysvmsg-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • apache2-mod_php8-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-readline-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-gmp-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-dom-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-xmlreader-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-mysql-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • apache2-mod_php8-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-enchant-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-iconv-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-gettext-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-sockets-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-xsl-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-gd-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-exif-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-ldap-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-tidy-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1
    • php8-tokenizer-debuginfo-8.3.31-150700.3.12.1

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