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CVE-2026-59989: Phalcon Volt compiler `join` filter compile-time PHP code injection (SSTI lead to RCE)

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.2 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-21 · updated 2026-10-12
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Phalcon is a high-performance, full-stack PHP framework. In 5.15.0 and earlier, resolveFilter in phalcon/Mvc/View/Engine/Volt/Compiler.zep builds the join filter by inserting the raw separator and array token values into generated PHP without passing them through expression(). An attacker who can influence Volt template source can place quote-breaking content in a join argument, inject PHP into the compiled cache file, and execute it when Phalcon\Mvc\View\Engine\Volt::render() loads the template. This issue is fixed in version 5.16.0.

Affected products

• phalcon cphalcon: before 5.16.0

References

• https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/commit/e434061be3b7161930476c1368c868badc71e1bd
• https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/pull/17217
• https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/releases/tag/v5.16.0
• https://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon/security/advisories/GHSA-hrwp-4hh9-c8r8

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