CVE-2026-62992

Smarty is a template engine for PHP, facilitating the separation of presentation (HTML/CSS) from application logic. Prior to 5.8.2 (and 4.5.7 on the 4.x line), Security::_checkDir() does not fully resolve symbolic links before validating that a requested path lies within a configured secure directory. An attacker able to place or reference a symlink within a directory Smarty treats as trusted (e.g., a template or config directory) could use it to point outside the intended secure directory, bypassing the containment check and reading arbitrary files accessible to the PHP process. This issue is fixed in versions 5.8.2 and 4.5.7.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/99c048ce7a590c519b79fbd38ad0143a08183a1f
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/a1ccdb0518021a559b4066c37b76a42c86bbce90
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v4.5.7
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v5.8.2
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/security/advisories/GHSA-f6wf-28g6-769x

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-07 16:17

Updated : 2026-09-09 21:02

NVD link : CVE-2026-62992

Mitre link : CVE-2026-62992

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-62992

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-61

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

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