# CVE-2020-7070: PHP parses encoded cookie names so malicious \`\_\_Host-\` cookies can be sent

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.3.23, 7.4.11, 7.2.34
- Published: 2020-10-02 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- PHP Group PHP: from 7.3.x, fixed in 7.3.23; from 7.4.x, fixed in 7.4.11; from 7.2.x, fixed in 7.2.34

## Description

In PHP versions 7.2.x below 7.2.34, 7.3.x below 7.3.23 and 7.4.x below 7.4.11, when PHP is processing incoming HTTP cookie values, the cookie names are url-decoded. This may lead to cookies with prefixes like __Host confused with cookies that decode to such prefix, thus leading to an attacker being able to forge cookie which is supposed to be secure. See also CVE-2020-8184 for more information.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PHP, upgrade to a fixed version (7.3.23, 7.4.11, 7.2.34) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [PHP](https://cve.now/tech/php.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://hackerone.com/reports/895727
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79699
- http://cve.circl.lu/cve/CVE-2020-8184
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RRU57N3OSYZPOMFWPRDNVH7EMYOTSZ66/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00008.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7EVDN7D3IB4EAI4D3ZOM2OJKQ5SD7K4E/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P2J3ZZDHCSX65T5QWV4AHBN7MOJXBEKG/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00045.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4583-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00067.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-16
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4856
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201016-0001/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-14

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