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CVE-2018-15132

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

An issue was discovered in ext/standard/link_win32.c in PHP before 5.6.37, 7.0.x before 7.0.31, 7.1.x before 7.1.20, and 7.2.x before 7.2.8. The linkinfo function on Windows doesn't implement the open_basedir check. This could be abused to find files on paths outside of the allowed directories.

Affected products

• NetApp Storage Automation Store: all versions
• PHP: before 5.6.37; from 7.0.0 before 7.0.31; from 7.1.0 before 7.1.20; from 7.2.0 before 7.2.8 — fixed in 5.6.37, 7.0.31, 7.1.20, 7.2.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PHP 5.6.37, 7.0.31, 7.1.20, 7.2.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
• http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
• https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76459
• https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/f151e048ed27f6f4eef729f3310d053ab5da71d4
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181107-0003/
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-12
• http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
• http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
• https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76459
• https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/f151e048ed27f6f4eef729f3310d053ab5da71d4
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181107-0003/
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-12

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