CVE-2024-51736

criticalpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.004 · 37 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.43% (37th) EPSS

CVSS 9.8 · critical

Is it mine?

18 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Symphony process is a module for the Symphony PHP framework which executes commands in sub-processes. On Windows, when an executable file named `cmd.exe` is located in the current working directory it will be called by the `Process` class when preparing command arguments, leading to possible hijacking. This issue has been addressed in release versions 5.4.46, 6.4.14, and 7.1.7. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · none–critical · 0–9.8

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.10noneCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.10noneCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.5 · impact 0

v3.18.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-77USCWE-77US

affected products (18)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source Moodle <4.5.9all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Moodle <5.0.5all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Moodle <5.1.2all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Moodle< 4.5.9cert_bundDE
Open Source Moodle< 5.0.5cert_bundDE
Open Source Moodle< 5.1.2cert_bundDE
symfony symfony≤ < 5.4.46enisa_euvdEU
symfony symfony6.0.0, → 6.4.14enisa_euvdEU
symfony symfony7.0.0, → 7.1.7enisa_euvdEU
sensiolabs symfony< 5.4.46nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sensiolabs:symfony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sensiolabs symfony6.0.0 → 6.4.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sensiolabs:symfony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sensiolabs symfony7.0.0 → 7.1.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sensiolabs:symfony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Packagist symfony/process< 5.4.46osvUSpkg:composer/symfony/process
Packagist symfony/process6.0.0 → 6.4.14osvUSpkg:composer/symfony/process
Packagist symfony/process7.0.0 → 7.1.7osvUSpkg:composer/symfony/process
Packagist symfony/symfony< 5.4.46osvUSpkg:composer/symfony/symfony
Packagist symfony/symfony6.0.0 → 6.4.14osvUSpkg:composer/symfony/symfony
Packagist symfony/symfony7.0.0 → 7.1.7osvUSpkg:composer/symfony/symfony

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-0447Moodle: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-02-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Moodle ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen und um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
GHSA-qq5c-677p-737qSymfony vulnerable to command execution hijack on Windows with Process class2024-11-06ghsa · osvUS
### Description On Windows, when an executable file named `cmd.exe` is located in the current working directory it will be called by the `Process` class when preparing command arguments, leading to possible hijacking. ### Resolution The `Process` class now uses the absolute path to `cmd.exe`. The patch for this issue is available [here](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/18ecd03eda3917fdf901a48e72518f911c64a1c9) for branch 5.4. ### Credits We would like to thank Jordi Boggiano for reporting the issue and Nicolas Grekas for providing the fix.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-11-06modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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