CVE-2026-67434

PHP_CodeSniffer tokenizes PHP files and detects violations of a defined set of coding standards. Prior to versions 3.13.6 and 4.0.2, PHP_CodeSniffer contains a command injection vulnerability in the code that generates the Gitblame, Hgblame, and Svnblame report formats. As a result, running PHP_CodeSniffer over untrusted files, for example in a continuous integration pipeline that scans pull requests, or on a developer machine reviewing third party code, could result in attacker controlled shell commands being executed when the Gitblame, Hgblame, or Svnblame report processes a file whose name contains shell metacharacters. Users using the default Full report, or any of the other non-blame reports, are not affected. Users on a runtime platform which does not allow filenames to contain shell metacharacters, such as " and ;, are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.6 and 4.0.2.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/commit/7a3a6bbf153a03fa3a9413afc60bded6b764e76b
https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/commit/f0e1ebb0563f0e5d7f190497a787bcaf8474f3fe
https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/1473
https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/releases/tag/3.13.6
https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/releases/tag/4.0.2
https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/security/advisories/GHSA-hmqg-cxww-wqhq

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-06 22:18

Updated : 2026-09-10 20:41

NVD link : CVE-2026-67434

Mitre link : CVE-2026-67434

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-67434

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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