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CVE-2022-31628

LowCVSS 2.3 / 10
Published Sep 28, 2022·Last modified Jul 8, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

In PHP versions before 7.4.31, 8.0.24 and 8.1.11, the phar uncompressor code would recursively uncompress "quines" gzip files, resulting in an infinite loop.

Risk Scores
Base Score
2.3

The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs high-level or administrative privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a low impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
2.1

Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.

EPSS
0.59%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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