UBUNTU-CVE-2026-62996 (CVE-2026-62996)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-08-07 16:17 – Updated: 2026-08-13 00:10 – Source website
VLAI
Details

Smarty is a template engine for PHP, facilitating the separation of presentation (HTML/CSS) from application logic. From 5.0.0 until 5.8.4, Smarty's stream: resource-name handling does not adequately restrict which PHP stream wrappers and filter chains can be referenced from a template, allowing a php://filter-wrapped resource name to be used to read the contents of arbitrary local files accessible to the PHP process. An attacker able to author or influence a template's resource reference could exploit this to disclose sensitive file contents outside the intended template/config scope. This issue is fixed in version 5.8.4.

Severity
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Smarty is a template engine for PHP, facilitating the separation of presentation (HTML/CSS) from application logic. From 5.0.0 until 5.8.4, Smarty\u0027s stream: resource-name handling does not adequately restrict which PHP stream wrappers and filter chains can be referenced from a template, allowing a php://filter-wrapped resource name to be used to read the contents of arbitrary local files accessible to the PHP process. An attacker able to author or influence a template\u0027s resource reference could exploit this to disclose sensitive file contents outside the intended template/config scope. This issue is fixed in version 5.8.4.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-62996",
  "modified": "2026-08-13T00:10:36Z",
  "published": "2026-08-07T16:17:00Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-62996"
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-62996"
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/3c9f77a2e06ce319ae0092496af32cc8f3adc52e"
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      "url": "https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v5.8.4"
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/security/advisories/GHSA-rjhh-76wf-8xmw"
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      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
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    "CVE-2026-62996"
  ]
}



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