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CVE-2020-7068

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7068 is a use-after-free vulnerability affecting PHP versions 7.2.x, 7.3.x, and 7.4.x when processing PHAR files. This flaw, tracked as CWE-416, could lead to application crashes or information disclosure. With a low CVSS score of 3.6, it requires local access and high attack complexity, resulting in limited impact on confidentiality and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.2.0, < 7.2.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.3.0, < 7.3.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.4.0, < 7.4.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 5.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:tenable.sc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0166 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 223 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: php:7.4-8050020210526053050.3e6e7e84
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-php73-php-0:7.3.29-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSFixed in: rh-php73-php-0:7.3.29-1.el7
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: php:7.2/php
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: php:7.3/php

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-7068Low

php: Use of freed hash key in the phar_parse_zipfile function

Aug 6, 2020

References

bugs.php.net / bug.php
ExploitMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202009-10
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20200918-0005
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2021/dsa-4856
Third Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/tns-2021-14
PatchThird Party Advisory