PHPUnit is a testing framework for PHP. In versions 12.5.21 and 13.1.5, PHPUnit forwards PHP INI settings to child processes (used for isolated/PHPT test execution) as -d name=value command-line arguments without neutralizing INI metacharacters. Because PHP's INI parser interprets " as a string delimiter, ; as the start of a comment, and most importantly a newline as a directive separator, a value containing a newline is parsed by the child process as multiple INI directives. An attacker able to influence a single INI value can therefore inject arbitrary additional directives into the child's configuration, including auto_prepend_file, extension, disable_functions, open_basedir, and others. Setting auto_prepend_file to an attacker-controlled path yields remote code execution in the child process. This issue has been patched in versions 12.5.22 and 13.1.6.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/6592 | Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/security/advisories/GHSA-qrr6-mg7r-m243 | Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/6592 | Issue Tracking Patch |
Configurations
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History
08 May 2026, 19:45
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:phpunit_project:phpunit:12.5.21:*:*:*:*:-:*:* cpe:2.3:a:phpunit_project:phpunit:13.1.5:*:*:*:*:-:*:* |
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| References | () https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/6592 - Issue Tracking, Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/security/advisories/GHSA-qrr6-mg7r-m243 - Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
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Phpunit Project phpunit
Phpunit Project |
08 May 2026, 17:16
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| References | () https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/6592 - |
08 May 2026, 15:16
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Information
Published : 2026-05-08 15:16
Updated : 2026-05-08 19:45
NVD link : CVE-2026-41570
Mitre link : CVE-2026-41570
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-41570
JSON object : View
Products Affected
phpunit_project
- phpunit
