Unsafe Deserialization in concrete5/concrete5 (CVE-2026-8135)
Summary
Vulnerability in concrete5/concrete5 (CVE-2026-8135). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 9.5.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to insecure deserialization occurring in the ExpressEntryList block controller. An rogue administrator with privileges to add blocks to an area can bypass the intended protection mechanism (_fromCIF === true), which normally restricts malicious inputs over form POST requests, by leveraging the REST API functionality. Because the REST API parses requests using json_decode(), the string "true" is evaluated as a strict PHP Boolean(true). This bypass allows the attacker to inject a malicious serialized payload into the block's filterFields database column. The payload will subsequently be executed when the block's data is viewed or edited by an administrator leading to complete server takeover (RCE). Concrete CMS thanks Nguyễn Văn Thiện https://github.com/Thien225409 for reporting this issue.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-8135 has been found in concrete5/concrete5.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.2/10.
What to do: upgrade concrete5/concrete5 to 9.5.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "concrete5/concrete5 CVE-2026-8135" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-8135 (concrete5/concrete5) — CWE-502 / CVSS v3 7.2
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 9.5.1 — apply immediately
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.
Unsafe deserialization (CWE-502) exists in concrete5/concrete5.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of concrete5/concrete5.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.2/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 9.5.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'concrete5/concrete5' . 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
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'concrete5/concrete5' . | 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
concrete5/concrete5を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade concrete5/concrete5 to 9.5.1ステージング環境で 9.5.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-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
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- web documentation.concretecms.org
- web github.com