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CVE-2008-0599

The init_request_info function in sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.2.6 does not properly...

9.8 CriticalFix available

CVE-2008-0599 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Php, published May 5, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.9%, the 95th percentile. Fixed in php5 5.2.5-3+lenny1.

The init_request_info function in sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.2.6 does not properly consider operator precedence when calculating the length of PATH_TRANSLATED, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

10.9%Down 1.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

The init_request_info function in sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.2.6 does not properly consider operator precedence when calculating the length of PATH_TRANSLATED, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI.

Record
CVE-2008-0599
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-131
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The init_request_info function in sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.2.6 does not properly consider operator precedence when calculating the length of PATH_TRANSLATED, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI.

Record
CVE-2008-0599
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-0609 No score

The init_request_info function in sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.2.6 does not properly consider operator precedence when calculating the length of PATH_TRANSLATED, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI.

Record
EUVD-2008-0609
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m9m5-q9x5-6877 9.8

The init_request_info function in sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.2.6 does not properly...

The init_request_info function in sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.2.6 does not properly consider operator precedence when calculating the length of PATH_TRANSLATED, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI.

Record
GHSA-m9m5-q9x5-6877
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-131
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11167-1 No score

php7-7.4.24-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the php7-7.4.24-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11167-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11169-1 No score

php8-8.0.11-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the php8-8.0.11-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11169-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
php5
Debian:5.0
 before 5.2.5-3+lenny1
5.2.5-3+lenny1
httpd
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:2.2.8-1.el5s2
0:2.2.8-1.el5s2
httpd-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:2.2.8-1.el5s2
0:2.2.8-1.el5s2
httpd-devel
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:2.2.8-1.el5s2
0:2.2.8-1.el5s2
httpd-manual
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:2.2.8-1.el5s2
0:2.2.8-1.el5s2
mod_jk
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:1.2.26-1.el5s2
0:1.2.26-1.el5s2
mod_jk-ap20
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:1.2.26-1.el5s2
0:1.2.26-1.el5s2
mod_jk-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:1.2.26-1.el5s2
0:1.2.26-1.el5s2
mod_perl
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:2.0.4-3.el5s2
0:2.0.4-3.el5s2
mod_perl-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:2.0.4-3.el5s2
0:2.0.4-3.el5s2
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mod_perl-devel
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:2.0.4-3.el5s2
0:2.0.4-3.el5s2
mod_ssl
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 1:2.2.8-1.el5s2
1:2.2.8-1.el5s2
mysql
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
mysql-bench
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
mysql-cluster
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
mysql-connector-odbc
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:3.51.24r1071-1.el5s2
0:3.51.24r1071-1.el5s2
mysql-connector-odbc-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:3.51.24r1071-1.el5s2
0:3.51.24r1071-1.el5s2
mysql-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
mysql-devel
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
mysql-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5s2
0:5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5s2
mysql-libs
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
mysql-server
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
mysql-test
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
0:5.0.50sp1a-2.el5s2
perl-DBD-MySQL
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:4.006-1.el5s2
0:4.006-1.el5s2
perl-DBD-MySQL-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:4.006-1.el5s2
0:4.006-1.el5s2
perl-DBI
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:1.604-1.el5s2
0:1.604-1.el5s2
perl-DBI-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:1.604-1.el5s2
0:1.604-1.el5s2
php
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-bcmath
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-cli
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-common
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-dba
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-devel
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-gd
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-imap
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-ldap
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-mbstring
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-mysql
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-ncurses
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-odbc
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-pdo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-pgsql
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-snmp
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-soap
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-xml
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
php-xmlrpc
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
0:5.2.6-2.el5s2
postgresql
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
postgresql-contrib
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
postgresql-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
postgresql-devel
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
postgresql-docs
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
postgresql-jdbc
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.508-1jpp.el5s2
0:8.2.508-1jpp.el5s2
postgresql-jdbc-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.508-1jpp.el5s2
0:8.2.508-1jpp.el5s2
postgresql-libs
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
postgresql-odbc
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:08.02.0500-1.el5s2
0:08.02.0500-1.el5s2
postgresql-odbc-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:08.02.0500-1.el5s2
0:08.02.0500-1.el5s2
postgresql-plperl
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
postgresql-plpython
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
postgresql-pltcl
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
postgresql-python
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
postgresql-server
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
postgresql-tcl
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
postgresql-test
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
0:8.2.9-1.el5s2
postgresqlclient81
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.1.11-1.el5s2
0:8.1.11-1.el5s2
postgresqlclient81-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:8.1.11-1.el5s2
0:8.1.11-1.el5s2
unixODBC
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:2.2.12-8.el5s2
0:2.2.12-8.el5s2
unixODBC-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:2.2.12-8.el5s2
0:2.2.12-8.el5s2
unixODBC-devel
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:2.2.12-8.el5s2
0:2.2.12-8.el5s2
unixODBC-kde
Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2
 before 0:2.2.12-8.el5s2
0:2.2.12-8.el5s2
php7
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 7.4.24-1.1
7.4.24-1.1
php8
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 8.0.11-1.1
8.0.11-1.1

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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