Description
Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. Prior to 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12, Crawler::addXmlContent() set DOMDocument::$validateOnParse = true before loadXML(), re-enabling external entity resolution and allowing attacker-supplied XML to expand file:// entities such as local files. This issue is fixed in versions 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12.
Published: 2026-07-14
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6312-1 symfony security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6317-1 symfony security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-x6g4-fwcc-jj8w Symfony has XXE (Local File Disclosure) in DomCrawler::addXmlContent() via validateOnParse = true
History

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. Prior to 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12, Crawler::addXmlContent() set DOMDocument::$validateOnParse = true before loadXML(), re-enabling external entity resolution and allowing attacker-supplied XML to expand file:// entities such as local files. This issue is fixed in versions 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12.
Title Symfony: XXE (Local File Disclosure) in DomCrawler::addXmlContent() via validateOnParse = true
Weaknesses CWE-611
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-15T14:21:08.891Z

Reserved: 2026-05-08T18:45:10.096Z

Link: CVE-2026-45071

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Updated: 2026-07-15T14:21:03.884Z

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Updated: 2026-07-16T03:00:12Z

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