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title: "CVE-2026-41570\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2026-41570

Publication date 8 May 2026

Last updated 13 May 2026

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-41570?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| phpunit | 26.04 LTS resolute | Needs evaluation |
| 25.10 questing | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Needs evaluation |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Needs evaluation |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Needs evaluation |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Needs evaluation |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Needs evaluation |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-41570)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41570)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2026-41570)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-41570)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41570>
* <https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/security/advisories/GHSA-qrr6-mg7r-m243>
* <https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/6592>