TYPO3 CMS has Insecure Deserialization via Core API
### Problem TYPO3's cache frontend (`VariableFrontend`) and persistent key-value store (`Registry`) deserialized PHP payloads without integrity validation or class restrictions. An attacker with write access to the underlying storage backend (cache store or sys_registry database table) could inject a crafted serialized payload to trigger PHP Object Injection, potentially exploiting a gadget chain to achieve Remote Code Execution or other high-impact effects. Exploiting this vulnerability requires direct local write access to the storage, such as the SQL database or file system. ### Solution Update to TYPO3 versions 10.4.57 ELTS, 11.5.51 ELTS, 12.4.46 ELTS, 13.4.31 LTS, 14.3.3 LTS that fix the problem described. ### Credits TYPO3 CMS thanks “z3rco”, Chowdhury Faizal Ahammed, Rick Larabee, Vitaly Simonovich, Nozomu Sasaki, Mert Akdag, “tikket”, Shafi Almutairi for reporting this issue, and to TYPO3 core & security team member Oliver Hader for fixing it. ### Resources * [TYPO3-CORE-SA-2026-018](https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-018)
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-49740US | — | — | ||
TYPO3's cache frontend (VariableFrontend) and persistent key-value store (Registry) deserialized PHP payloads without integrity validation or class restrictions. An attacker with w… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2026-49740.yamlWEB
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3PACKAGE
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/48bcf24f31f52cc0b43d3bea4984634bd2cf85c7WEB
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/87cd7c5b710c44d3606fed277b040a75dc6a9c02WEB
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-c78m-c52x-jgwpWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49740ADVISORY
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-018WEB
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