ALAS2PHP8.2-2026-013

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2PHP8.2-2026-013
Advisory Released Date: 2026-08-04
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-08-04
Severity: Critical
Issue Overview:

Improper escaping of backslashes in attacker-provided parameters would allow for trivial SQL injection in PHP versions from 8.2.* before 8.2.33, from 8.3.* before 8.3.33, from 8.4.* before 8.4.24, and from 8.5.* before 8.5.9. (CVE-2026-17543)

Circular symbolic links in phar archives could lead to unbounded recursion, exhausting the C stack and crashing the PHP process, in PHP versions from 8.2.* before 8.2.33, from 8.3.* before 8.3.33, from 8.4.* before 8.4.24, and from 8.5.* before 8.5.9. (CVE-2026-7260)

NOTE: Fixed by: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/b590f0380fda26ed180874a0255f0be078434315 (php-8.4.24)
DEBIANBUG: [1143152] (CVE-2026-9672)


Affected Packages:

php


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Php8.2 Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Extras and this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update php or yum update --advisory ALAS2PHP8.2-2026-013 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    php-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-cli-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-dbg-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-fpm-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-common-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-devel-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-opcache-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-ldap-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-pdo-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-mysqlnd-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-pgsql-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-process-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-odbc-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-soap-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-snmp-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-xml-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-mbstring-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-gd-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-bcmath-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-gmp-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-dba-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-embedded-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-pspell-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-intl-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-enchant-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-sodium-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    php-debuginfo-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

src:
    php-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.src

x86_64:
    php-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-cli-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-dbg-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-fpm-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-common-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-devel-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-opcache-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-ldap-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-pdo-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-mysqlnd-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-pgsql-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-process-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-odbc-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-soap-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-snmp-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-xml-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-mbstring-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-gd-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-bcmath-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-gmp-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-dba-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-embedded-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-pspell-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-intl-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-enchant-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-sodium-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    php-debuginfo-8.2.33-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64

Additional References

Release Notes:  Amazon Linux 2 Release Notes

Red Hat: CVE-2026-17543, CVE-2026-7260, CVE-2026-9672

Mitre: CVE-2026-17543, CVE-2026-7260, CVE-2026-9672