CVE-2026-45305
Symfony: YAML Parser ReDoS via Catastrophic Backtracking in Parser::cleanup() Regex
Description
Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. Prior to 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12, Symfony\Component\Yaml\Parser::cleanup() used regular expressions with overlapping quantifiers for YAML directive, comment, and document marker cleanup, allowing crafted input to make parsing hang for an arbitrarily long time. This issue is fixed in versions 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12.
INFO
Published Date :
July 14, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 14, 2026, 8:25 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update Symfony to version 5.4.52 or later.
- Update Symfony to version 6.4.40 or later.
- Update Symfony to version 7.4.12 or later.
- Update Symfony to version 8.0.12 or later.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jul. 14, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Affected [{'vendor': 'symfony', 'product': 'symfony', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '< 5.4.52'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '>= 6.0.0-BETA1, < 6.4.40'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '>= 7.0.0-BETA1, < 7.4.12'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '>= 8.0.0-BETA1, < 8.0.12'}]}, {'vendor': 'symfony', 'product': 'yaml', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '< 5.4.52'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '>= 6.0.0-BETA1, < 6.4.40'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '>= 7.0.0-BETA1, < 7.4.12'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '>= 8.0.0-BETA1, < 8.0.12'}]}] Added Description Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. Prior to 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12, Symfony\Component\Yaml\Parser::cleanup() used regular expressions with overlapping quantifiers for YAML directive, comment, and document marker cleanup, allowing crafted input to make parsing hang for an arbitrarily long time. This issue is fixed in versions 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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-1333 Added Reference https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/9749cd43c5e09b3735093623670b21b9d8a056cb Added Reference https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v5.4.52 Added Reference https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v6.4.40 Added Reference https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v7.4.12 Added Reference https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v8.0.12 Added Reference https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-9frc-8383-795m