CVE-2026-57584

High

Description

Phalcon is a high-performance, full-stack PHP framework. Prior to 5.15.0, every Phalcon MVC application built with a default router registers a built-in route whose compiled PCRE pattern contains the nested quantifier (/.), and the same construct is produced by the /:params placeholder and the CLI router. Phalcon\Mvc\Router::handle() matches this pattern against the attacker-controlled request URI on every request, so a crafted path such as one containing repeated slashes followed by decoded newlines can trigger catastrophic backtracking and cause CPU exhaustion or route-matching failure. This issue is fixed in version 5.15.0.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.7
Exploit probability—
ProductPhalcon/cphalcon
PublishedJul 10, 2026
First seenJul 10, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-1333CWE-1333

How to fix

Update
  • phalcon/cphalcon5.15.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
phalcon/cphalconPackagistv < 5.15.05.15.0

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