Vulnerability in PHP (CVE-2020-7061)

Summary

Vulnerability in PHP (CVE-2020-7061). Confidential information can be exposed externally.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.15 and 7.4.x below 7.4.3, while extracting PHAR files on Windows using phar extension, certain content inside PHAR file could lead to one-byte read past the allocated buffer. This could potentially lead to information disclosure or crash.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-7061 has been found in PHP.
Confidential information can be exposed externally.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "PHP CVE-2020-7061" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2020-7061 (PHP)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in PHP.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of PHP.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Confidential information can be exposed externally.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'PHP' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'PHP' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で PHP を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Bitnami libphp

[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"7.2.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.28"},{"introduced":"7.3.0"},{"fixed":"7.3.15"},{"introduced":"7.4.0"},{"fixed":"7.4.3"}]}]

Bitnami php

[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"7.2.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.28"},{"introduced":"7.3.0"},{"fixed":"7.3.15"},{"introduced":"7.4.0"},{"fixed":"7.4.3"}]}]

Bitnami php-min

[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"7.2.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.28"},{"introduced":"7.3.0"},{"fixed":"7.3.15"},{"introduced":"7.4.0"},{"fixed":"7.4.3"}]}]

References

advisory security.gentoo.org
advisory tenable.com
advisory bugs.php.net
web nvd.nist.gov