CVE-2024-1874

Publication date 29 April 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

In PHP versions 8.1.* before 8.1.28, 8.2.* before 8.2.18, 8.3.* before 8.3.5, when using proc_open() command with array syntax, due to insufficient escaping, if the arguments of the executed command are controlled by a malicious user, the user can supply arguments that would execute arbitrary commands in Windows shell.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php8.2	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
php5	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	23.10 mantic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
php7.0	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	23.10 mantic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
php7.2	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	23.10 mantic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
php7.4	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	23.10 mantic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
php8.1	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	23.10 mantic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
php8.3	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

leosilva

from debian "Only affects improper handling of command line arguments on Windows"

sbeattie

PEAR issues should go against php-pear as of xenial

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.4 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L