8.2
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-121623
Symfony: DataUriNormalizer Opens Data URIs With a Non-Lowercase Scheme as Local Files, Letting a Client Read Any Server File
Description

The Symfony Serializer component DataUriNormalizer::denormalize() matches the data: scheme with a case-sensitive regular expression, allowing a value with an uppercase scheme, such as DATA:,/../../../etc/passwd, to bypass it, resulting in Arbitrary Local File Read through Path Traversal in Symfony versions prior to 5.4.56, 6.x prior to 6.4.50, 7.x prior to 7.4.23, and 8.x prior to 8.1.11. A value whose scheme is not lowercase data: are treated as a local file path and opened instead of being decoded as inline data, so the resulting File, \SplFileInfo, or \SplFileObject points at a file on the server, which the application then handles as the uploaded content. Any endpoint that deserializes untrusted input into one of these types is affected. FrameworkBundle registers DataUriNormalizer ahead of ObjectNormalizer by default. A single request with a crafted DATA: value is enough to read arbitrary local files that the application can access, with no authentication needed if the endpoint is public.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 6, 2026, 4:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 6, 2026, 4:17 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Sensiolabs symfony
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 HIGH 596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647
CVSS 4.0 HIGH 596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647
Solution
Update Symfony to a patched version to fix local file read vulnerability.
  • Update Symfony to version 5.4.56 or later.
  • Update Symfony to version 6.4.50 or later.
  • Update Symfony to version 7.4.23 or later.
  • Update Symfony to version 8.1.11 or later.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/a0c551861ac23f888dfe6d1157ca78f4e220f3b7
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-pxj9-jh84-vhm5
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  • New CVE Received by 596c5446-0ce5-4ba2-aa66-48b3b757a647

    Nov. 06, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The Symfony Serializer component DataUriNormalizer::denormalize() matches the data: scheme with a case-sensitive regular expression, allowing a value with an uppercase scheme, such as DATA:,/../../../etc/passwd, to bypass it, resulting in Arbitrary Local File Read through Path Traversal in Symfony versions prior to 5.4.56, 6.x prior to 6.4.50, 7.x prior to 7.4.23, and 8.x prior to 8.1.11. A value whose scheme is not lowercase data: are treated as a local file path and opened instead of being decoded as inline data, so the resulting File, \SplFileInfo, or \SplFileObject points at a file on the server, which the application then handles as the uploaded content. Any endpoint that deserializes untrusted input into one of these types is affected. FrameworkBundle registers DataUriNormalizer ahead of ObjectNormalizer by default. A single request with a crafted DATA: value is enough to read arbitrary local files that the application can access, with no authentication needed if the endpoint is public.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-22
    Added CWE CWE-73
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/121xxx/CVE-2026-121623.json">CVE-2026-121623</a>
    Added Reference https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/a0c551861ac23f888dfe6d1157ca78f4e220f3b7
    Added Reference https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-pxj9-jh84-vhm5
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