CVE-2026-44167 (GCVE-0-2026-44167)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-12 17:22 – Updated: 2026-05-14 19:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
phpseclib: CVE-2024-27355 mitigation bypass — OID amplification DoS in ASN1::decodeOID()
Summary
phpseclib is a PHP secure communications library. Prior to 1.0.29, 2.0.54, and 3.0.52, anyone loading untrusted ASN1 files (eg. X509 certificates, RSA PKCS8 private or public keys, etc). This is a bypass of CVE-2024-27355. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.29, 2.0.54, and 3.0.52.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-14 19:23 UTC
CWE
- CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/security/a… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/commit/d53… | x_refsource_MISC |
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