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CVE-2026-45305: Symfony's YAML Parser has a ReDoS via Catastrophic Backtracking in Parser::cleanup() Regex

May 27, 2026

Symfony\Component\Yaml\Parser::cleanup() strips the optional %YAML directive header, leading comments, and document start/end markers before parsing. The original regexes contained overlapping quantifiers, most notably '#^%YAML[: ][\d.]+.*\n#u', whose [\d.]+ and .* overlap on the dot, that exhibit catastrophic backtracking on crafted input. A single oversized %YAML directive header (or comment / document-marker line) makes the parser hang for an arbitrarily long time, denying service.

References

  • github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2026-45305.yaml
  • github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/yaml/CVE-2026-45305.yaml
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-9frc-8383-795m
  • github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/9749cd43c5e09b3735093623670b21b9d8a056cb
  • github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-9frc-8383-795m
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45305
  • symfony.com/cve-2026-45305

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Affected versions

All versions before 5.4.52, all versions starting from 6.0.0 before 6.4.40, all versions starting from 7.0.0 before 7.4.12, all versions starting from 8.0.0 before 8.0.12

Fixed versions

  • 5.4.52
  • 6.4.40
  • 7.4.12
  • 8.0.12

Solution

Upgrade to versions 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, 8.0.12 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Source file

packagist/symfony/yaml/CVE-2026-45305.yml

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