CVE-2026-118517
Symfony: HtmlSanitizer allowLinkHosts() / allowMediaHosts() Bypass via URLs Without a Well-Formed Authority (Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-45066)
The Symfony HtmlSanitizer component UrlSanitizer parses URLs differently from browsers, allowing the allowLinkHosts() and allowMediaHosts() checks to be bypassed for URLs without a well-formed authority, resulting in untrusted hosts being referenced in sanitized output in Symfony versions 6.1.x prior to 6.4.50, 7.x prior to 7.4.23, and 8.x prior to 8.1.11.
UrlSanitizer parses URLs with league/uri, which follows RFC 3986, while browsers follow the WHATWG URL standard. For URLs without a well-formed authority, such as http:evil.example, ///evil.example, or https://://evil.example/ the sanitizer finds no host, whereas browsers resolve them to evil.example. The guard added for CVE-2026-45066 missed the zero-slash form, and the host 0 was also skipped because PHP treats it as falsy.
This is exploitable when a host allow-list is combined with allowRelativeLinks(true) or allowRelativeMedias(true). The default configuration is not affected.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
2.3
Symfony: HtmlSanitizer allowLinkHosts() / allowMediaHosts() Bypass via URLs Without a Well-Formed Authority (Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-45066)
The Symfony HtmlSanitizer component UrlSanitizer parses URLs differently from browsers, allowing the allowLinkHosts() and allowMediaHosts() checks to be bypassed for URLs without a well-formed authority, resulting in untrusted hosts being referenced in sanitized output in Symfony versions 6.1.x prior to 6.4.50, 7.x prior to 7.4.23, and 8.x prior to 8.1.11.
UrlSanitizer parses URLs with league/uri, which follows RFC 3986, while browsers follow the WHATWG URL standard. For URLs without a well-formed authority, such as http:evil.example, ///evil.example, or https://://evil.example/ the sanitizer finds no host, whereas browsers resolve them to evil.example. The guard added for CVE-2026-45066 missed the zero-slash form, and the host 0 was also skipped because PHP treats it as falsy.
This is exploitable when a host allow-list is combined with allowRelativeLinks(true) or allowRelativeMedias(true). The default configuration is not affected.
- Record
CVE-2026-118517- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-184, CWE-436
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
EUVDEUVD-2026-117579
2.3
The Symfony HtmlSanitizer component UrlSanitizer parses URLs differently from browsers, allowing the allowLinkHosts() and allowMediaHosts() checks to be bypassed for URLs without a well-formed authority, resulting in untrusted hosts being referenced in sanitized output in Symfony versions 6.1.x prior to 6.4.50, 7.x prior to 7.4.23, and 8.x prior to 8.1.11.
UrlSanitizer parses URLs with league/uri, which follows RFC 3986, while browsers follow the WHATWG URL standard. For URLs without a well-formed authority, such as http:evil.example, ///evil.example, or https://://evil.example/ the sanitizer finds no host, whereas browsers resolve them to evil.example. The guard added for CVE-2026-45066 missed the zero-slash form, and the host 0 was also skipped because PHP treats it as falsy.
This is exploitable when a host allow-list is combined with allowRelativeLinks(true) or allowRelativeMedias(true). The default configuration is not affected.
- Record
EUVD-2026-117579- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-05
NVD
2.3
The Symfony HtmlSanitizer component UrlSanitizer parses URLs differently from browsers, allowing the allowLinkHosts() and allowMediaHosts() checks to be bypassed for URLs without a well-formed authority, resulting in untrusted hosts being referenced in sanitized output in Symfony versions 6.1.x prior to 6.4.50, 7.x prior to 7.4.23, and 8.x prior to 8.1.11.
UrlSanitizer parses URLs with league/uri, which follows RFC 3986, while browsers follow the WHATWG URL standard. For URLs without a well-formed authority, such as http:evil.example, ///evil.example, or https://://evil.example/ the sanitizer finds no host, whereas browsers resolve them to evil.example. The guard added for CVE-2026-45066 missed the zero-slash form, and the host 0 was also skipped because PHP treats it as falsy.
This is exploitable when a host allow-list is combined with allowRelativeLinks(true) or allowRelativeMedias(true). The default configuration is not affected.
- Record
CVE-2026-118517- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-184, CWE-436
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
OSV
2.3
Symfony: HtmlSanitizer allowLinkHosts() / allowMediaHosts() Bypass via URLs Without a Well-Formed Authority (Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-45066)
The Symfony HtmlSanitizer component UrlSanitizer parses URLs differently from browsers, allowing the allowLinkHosts() and allowMediaHosts() checks to be bypassed for URLs without a well-formed authority, resulting in untrusted hosts being referenced in sanitized output in Symfony versions 6.1.x prior to 6.4.50, 7.x prior to 7.4.23, and 8.x prior to 8.1.11.
UrlSanitizer parses URLs with league/uri, which follows RFC 3986, while browsers follow the WHATWG URL standard. For URLs without a well-formed authority, such as http:evil.example, ///evil.example, or https://://evil.example/ the sanitizer finds no host, whereas browsers resolve them to evil.example. The guard added for CVE-2026-45066 missed the zero-slash form, and the host 0 was also skipped because PHP treats it as falsy.
This is exploitable when a host allow-list is combined with allowRelativeLinks(true) or allowRelativeMedias(true). The default configuration is not affected.
- Record
CVE-2026-118517- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-184, CWE-436
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-118517
2.3
The Symfony HtmlSanitizer component UrlSanitizer parses URLs differently from browsers, allowing the allowLinkHosts() and allowMediaHosts() checks to be bypassed for URLs without a well-formed authority, resulting in untrusted hosts being referenced in sanitized output in Symfony versions 6.1.x prior to 6.4.50, 7.x prior to 7.4.23, and 8.x prior to 8.1.11. UrlSanitizer parses URLs with league/uri, which follows RFC 3986, while browsers follow the WHATWG URL standard. For URLs without a well-formed authority, such as http:evil.example, ///evil.example, or https://://evil.example/ the sanitizer finds no host, whereas browsers resolve them to evil.example. The guard added for CVE-2026-45066 missed the zero-slash form, and the host 0 was also skipped because PHP treats it as falsy. This is exploitable when a host allow-list is combined with allowRelativeLinks(true) or allowRelativeMedias(true). The default configuration is not affected.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-118517- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Updated
- 2026-11-07
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-118517
2.3
[Unknown description]
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118517- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-07
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
symfonyDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 5.4.23+dfsg-15.4.23+dfsg-1+deb12u15.4.23+dfsg-1+deb12u25.4.23+dfsg-1+deb12u35.4.23+dfsg-1+deb12u4 Show 45 moreShow less5.4.23+dfsg-1+deb12u55.4.24+dfsg-15.4.25+dfsg-15.4.27+dfsg-15.4.28+dfsg-15.4.29+dfsg-15.4.30+dfsg-15.4.31+dfsg-15.4.31+dfsg-25.4.32+dfsg-15.4.33+dfsg-15.4.34+dfsg-15.4.34+dfsg-25.4.35+dfsg-15.4.35+dfsg-25.4.35+dfsg-35.4.52+dfsg-0+deb12u15.4.53+dfsg-0+deb12u16.3.0+dfsg-16.3.0~rc1+dfsg-16.3.0~rc2+dfsg-16.3.1+dfsg-16.3.3+dfsg-16.3.4+dfsg-16.3.5+dfsg-16.3.6+dfsg-16.3.7+dfsg-16.4.0+dfsg-16.4.0~beta2+dfsg-16.4.0~beta3+dfsg-16.4.0~rc1+dfsg-16.4.0~rc2+dfsg-16.4.1+dfsg-16.4.10+dfsg-16.4.11+dfsg-16.4.12+dfsg-16.4.13+dfsg-16.4.14+dfsg-16.4.15+dfsg-16.4.16+dfsg-16.4.16+dfsg-26.4.17+dfsg-16.4.17+dfsg-26.4.17+dfsg-36.4.17+dfsg-4 |
None known |
symfonyDebian:13 |
All versions, plus listed versions 6.4.21+dfsg-26.4.21+dfsg-2+deb13u16.4.24+dfsg-16.4.25+dfsg-16.4.40+dfsg-0+deb13u1 Show 45 moreShow less6.4.41+dfsg-0+deb13u16.4.49+dfsg-0+deb13u17.0.4+dfsg-17.0.5+dfsg-17.0.6+dfsg-17.0.7+dfsg-17.1.0~beta1+dfsg-17.1.0~rc1+dfsg-17.1.2+dfsg-17.1.3+dfsg-17.1.4+dfsg-17.1.5+dfsg-17.2.0~beta1+dfsg-17.2.0~beta2+dfsg-17.2.0~rc1+dfsg-17.2.1+dfsg-17.2.2+dfsg-17.2.3+dfsg-17.2.4+dfsg-17.2.5+dfsg-17.2.6-17.3.0+dfsg-17.3.0~beta1+dfsg-17.3.0~beta2+dfsg-17.3.0~rc1+dfsg-17.3.1+dfsg-17.3.2+dfsg-17.3.3+dfsg-17.3.4+dfsg-17.3.5-17.4.0+dfsg-17.4.0+dfsg-27.4.0~beta1-17.4.0~beta1-27.4.0~beta2+dfsg-17.4.0~beta2+dfsg-27.4.0~beta2+dfsg-37.4.0~rc1+dfsg-17.4.0~rc2+dfsg-17.4.0~rc3+dfsg-17.4.10+dfsg-17.4.12+dfsg-17.4.13+dfsg-17.4.13+dfsg-27.4.14+dfsg-1 |
None known |
symfonyDebian:14 |
before 7.4.23+dfsg-1, plus listed versions 6.4.21+dfsg-26.4.24+dfsg-16.4.25+dfsg-17.0.4+dfsg-17.0.5+dfsg-1 Show 45 moreShow less7.0.6+dfsg-17.0.7+dfsg-17.1.0~beta1+dfsg-17.1.0~rc1+dfsg-17.1.2+dfsg-17.1.3+dfsg-17.1.4+dfsg-17.1.5+dfsg-17.2.0~beta1+dfsg-17.2.0~beta2+dfsg-17.2.0~rc1+dfsg-17.2.1+dfsg-17.2.2+dfsg-17.2.3+dfsg-17.2.4+dfsg-17.2.5+dfsg-17.2.6-17.3.0+dfsg-17.3.0~beta1+dfsg-17.3.0~beta2+dfsg-17.3.0~rc1+dfsg-17.3.1+dfsg-17.3.2+dfsg-17.3.3+dfsg-17.3.4+dfsg-17.3.5-17.4.0+dfsg-17.4.0+dfsg-27.4.0~beta1-17.4.0~beta1-27.4.0~beta2+dfsg-17.4.0~beta2+dfsg-27.4.0~beta2+dfsg-37.4.0~rc1+dfsg-17.4.0~rc2+dfsg-17.4.0~rc3+dfsg-17.4.10+dfsg-17.4.12+dfsg-17.4.13+dfsg-17.4.13+dfsg-27.4.14+dfsg-17.4.15+dfsg-17.4.15+dfsg-27.4.16+dfsg-17.4.17+dfsg-1 |
7.4.23+dfsg-1 |
symfonyUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.7.1+dfsg-12.7.5+dfsg-12.7.9+dfsg-12.7.9+dfsg-1ubuntu22.7.10-0ubuntu2 |
None known |
symfonyUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.8.7+dfsg-1.3ubuntu13.4.3+dfsg-1ubuntu43.4.6+dfsg-13.4.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.13.4.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm13.4.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2 |
None known |
symfonyUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.3.4+dfsg-1ubuntu14.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu14.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm14.3.8+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm2 |
None known |
symfonyUbuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 5.2.6+dfsg-1ubuntu75.4.4+dfsg-1ubuntu85.4.4+dfsg-1ubuntu8+esm1 |
None known |
symfonyUbuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 5.4.23+dfsg-1ubuntu15.4.35+dfsg-3ubuntu16.4.5+dfsg-3ubuntu26.4.5+dfsg-3ubuntu36.4.5+dfsg-3ubuntu3+esm1 |
None known |
symfonyUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 7.4.7+dfsg-1ubuntu17.4.9+dfsg-1ubuntu17.4.13+dfsg-2ubuntu17.4.14+dfsg-1ubuntu27.4.15+dfsg-2ubuntu27.4.16+dfsg-1ubuntu2 |
None known |
symfonyUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 6.4.24+dfsg-17.4.5+dfsg-1ubuntu17.4.6+dfsg-2ubuntu17.4.7+dfsg-1ubuntu1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | OSV | |
| references | NVD, OSV | |
| affected, aliases, published, references | OSV | |
| published | OSV | |
| aliases, references | NVD, OSV | |
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| cwes, description, products, references, severity, title | CVE List | |
| first indexed | OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-118517 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.3) in Sensiolabs Symfony, published November 5, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 18th percentile. Fixed in symfony 7.4.23+dfsg-1.
References
github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-c76g-9c4c-gxrw
github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/f2f47d2eef6c2552c6c5c24953caa94f7901cb43
packagist.org/packages/symfony/http-client
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/118xxx/CVE-2026-118517.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118517
github.com/symfony/http-client
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-118517
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-118517
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118517
Left out here: 183 versions. The JSON record has them.