# CVE-2026-109413: Symfony: Unbounded Recursion in the YAML Inline Lexer Lets a Single Document Crash the Process

- Also known as: GHSA-2V3C-QXHR-7VPV
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: v5.4.54, v6.4.45, v7.4.18, v8.1.6, 5.4.54, and 3 more
- Published: 2026-10-15 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- symfony/yaml: fixed in v5.4.54; from v6.0.0-BETA1, fixed in v6.4.45; from v7.0.0-BETA1, fixed in v7.4.18; from v8.0.0-BETA1, fixed in v8.1.6
- symfony/symfony (Packagist): from 2.0.0, fixed in 5.4.54
- symfony/symfony (Packagist): from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.4.45
- symfony/symfony (Packagist): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.4.18
- symfony/symfony (Packagist): from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.1.6
- symfony/yaml (Packagist): from 2.0.0, fixed in 5.4.54
- symfony/yaml (Packagist): from 6.0.0, fixed in 6.4.45
- symfony/yaml (Packagist): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.4.18
- symfony/yaml (Packagist): from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.1.6

## Description

In Symfony YAML prior to versions 5.4.54, 6.4.45, 7.4.18, and 8.1.6, Yaml\Parser::lexInlineStructure() recursed through lexInlineMapping() and lexInlineSequence() for every { and [ of an inline collection, without entering the nesting level that the rest of the parser bounds with maxNestingLevel. A document made of deeply nested inline collections, such as [[[[...]]]], exhausted the stack while it was being lexed: depending on the PHP version and its stack settings, the process crashed or the request ended with a fatal error. Any code parsing untrusted YAML is affected. That includes #[MapRequestPayload] when the Yaml component is installed and the endpoint does not restrict acceptFormat: a single unauthenticated request with a YAML content type is enough. This issue affects symfony/yaml through v5.4.53, v6.0.0-BETA1 through v6.4.44, v7.0.0-BETA1 through v7.4.17, and v8.0.0-BETA1 through v8.1.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on symfony/yaml, symfony/symfony, upgrade to a fixed version (v5.4.54, v6.4.45, v7.4.18, v8.1.6, 5.4.54) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-2v3c-qxhr-7vpv
- https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2026-109413-unbounded-recursion-in-the-yaml-inline-lexer-lets-a-single-document-crash-the-process
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/pull/65688

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