[security - high] php:7.4 security, bug fix, and enhancement update, php-7.4.33-6.module+el8+2037+0b353720

PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language commonly used with the Apache HTTP Server.

Security Fix(es):

* php: ext-pgsql: PHP: SQL injection via improper backslash escaping (CVE-2026-17543)
* php: PHP: Denial of Service via circular symbolic links in phar archives (CVE-2026-7260)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* Backport fix for CVE-2026-17543 and CVE-2026-7260 to PHP 7.4 in 8.10.z (JIRA:RHEL-223936)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

CVE-2026-17543
Improper escaping of backslashes in attacker-provided parameters would allow for trivial SQL injection in PHP versions from 8.2.* before 8.2.33, from 8.3.* before 8.3.33, from 8.4.* before 8.4.24, and from 8.5.* before 8.5.9.
CVE-2026-7260
Circular symbolic links in phar archives could lead to unbounded recursion, exhausting the C stack and crashing the PHP process, in PHP versions from 8.2.* before 8.2.33, from 8.3.* before 8.3.33, from 8.4.* before 8.4.24, and from 8.5.* before 8.5.9.

Modularity name: "php"
Stream name: "7.4"