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Critical PHP SOAP Extension Vulnerabilities Enables Remote Code Execution Attacks

📅 12 May 2026 at 08:34 UTC📰 Cyber Security NewsView original source ↗
Critical PHP SOAP Extension Vulnerabilities Enables Remote Code Execution Attacks

A serious cluster of vulnerabilities has been uncovered in PHP’s core string processing and ext-soap components, putting numerous web servers at immediate risk of total takeover. While the SOAP extension has a notorious history of memory corruption flaws, this latest discovery crosses the red line into unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE). GitHub security teams are […] The post Critical PHP SOAP Extension Vulnerabilities Enables Remote Code Execution Attacks appeared first on Cyber Security News.

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🔍Threat Overview

A cluster of vulnerabilities in PHP's core string processing and ext-soap components enables unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) attacks, putting web servers at risk of takeover. The vulnerabilities exploit memory corruption flaws in the SOAP extension.

⚙️Technical Details
Affected Systems
Web servers
Attack Vectors
Unauthenticated RCE via PHP's core string processing and ext-soap components
💥Impact Assessment
Severity: Critical
Who Is at Risk
Web servers running PHP with the SOAP extension enabled
🛡️Recommended Actions
1Immediately disable or uninstall the affected PHP version
2Apply a patch to fix the vulnerabilities in the SOAP extension
3Implement strict input validation and sanitization for user-input data
📦Affected Products
Product Name: PHP with ext-soap componentAffected Version: *

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