CVE-2026-17545
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileDEUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
On Windows, PHP's filesystem and stream APIs do not reject reserved device names such as CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1 to COM9, LPT1 to LPT9, CONIN$ and CONOUT$ when they appear as a component of a path. An attacker-controlled filename therefore reaches CreateFileW() and opens a device instead of the regular file the application expected, which can block or hang the request and exhaust worker processes.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 2.4–7.5
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weaknesses
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affected products (28)
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advisories (4)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-3585PHP: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-09-24csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in PHP ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen oder die Integrität zu verletzen.
- BIT-libphp-2026-17545PHP on Windows: Reserved Device Names Are Not Rejected Before File/Stream I/O which can cause DoS2026-10-01vendor · osvUS
On Windows, PHP's filesystem and stream APIs do not reject reserved device names such as CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1 to COM9, LPT1 to LPT9, CONIN$ and CONOUT$ when they appear as a component of a path. An attacker-controlled filename therefore reaches CreateFileW() and opens a device instead of the regular file the application expected, which can block or hang the request and exhaust worker processes.
- BIT-php-2026-17545PHP on Windows: Reserved Device Names Are Not Rejected Before File/Stream I/O which can cause DoS2026-10-01vendor · osvUS
On Windows, PHP's filesystem and stream APIs do not reject reserved device names such as CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1 to COM9, LPT1 to LPT9, CONIN$ and CONOUT$ when they appear as a component of a path. An attacker-controlled filename therefore reaches CreateFileW() and opens a device instead of the regular file the application expected, which can block or hang the request and exhaust worker processes.
- BIT-php-min-2026-17545PHP on Windows: Reserved Device Names Are Not Rejected Before File/Stream I/O which can cause DoS2026-10-01vendor · osvUS
On Windows, PHP's filesystem and stream APIs do not reject reserved device names such as CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1 to COM9, LPT1 to LPT9, CONIN$ and CONOUT$ when they appear as a component of a path. An attacker-controlled filename therefore reaches CreateFileW() and opens a device instead of the regular file the application expected, which can block or hang the request and exhaust worker processes.
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references (1) nvd
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- https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-9f67-6fw4-hpfpVendor AdvisoryExploit
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