Vulnerability in github.com/dunglas/frankenphp (CVE-2026-82416)
Summary
Vulnerability in github.com/dunglas/frankenphp (CVE-2026-82416). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Exploitable via session. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.12.5 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Summary
In worker mode under concurrency, FrankenPHP can hand a PHP session id from one request to another when PHP's session extension is loaded as a shared module instead of being statically linked into the FrankenPHP binary. A request presenting Cookie: session=A can have session_id() resolve to B (a different concurrent client's id) or to a stale id from a previous request served by the same worker thread.
Impact
- Security: cross-user session exposure / session hijacking in worker mode. Same impact class as CVE-2026-24894.
- Functional: users are intermittently logged out; their cookie's session is ignored and they receive a foreign or empty session.
Affected / not affected
Exposure is determined by how the session extension is linked in the PHP build FrankenPHP is compiled against, not by the FrankenPHP release:
- Affected: any build where the
sessionextension is not visible to FrankenPHP at compile time, i.e. loaded as a shared / out-of-tree module (extension=sessionin an ini). This includes the RPM and Debian packages and other packagedphp-ztsdistributions that shipsessionas a shared extension underconf.d. - Not affected: builds where
sessionis statically compiled into the PHP that FrankenPHP links against, such as the official static binaries and Docker images. There, the reset code below is compiled in and clears the id every request.
The C session-reset code is unchanged across 1.11.x-1.12.x, so this is…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-82416 has been found in github.com/dunglas/frankenphp.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like session over the network to misuse the product.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.7/10.
What to do: upgrade github.com/dunglas/frankenphp to 1.12.5 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "github.com/dunglas/frankenphp CVE-2026-82416" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-82416 (github.com/dunglas/frankenphp) — CWE-362 / CVSS v3 7.7
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Attack surface: session / conf.d / FRANKENPHP_TEST / HAVE_PHP_SESSION
Patched: 1.12.5 — 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.
A vulnerability (CWE-362) exists in github.com/dunglas/frankenphp. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via session without authentication.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of github.com/dunglas/frankenphp. Attack surface: session / conf.d / FRANKENPHP_TEST / HAVE_PHP_SESSION.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.7/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 1.12.5.
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 'github.com/dunglas/frankenphp' . 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 'github.com/dunglas/frankenphp' . | 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
github.com/dunglas/frankenphp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 github.com/dunglas/frankenphp to 1.12.5ステージング環境で 1.12.5 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
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