# CVE-2026-45756: Symfony: JsonPath Evaluates Attacker-Controlled Regular Expressions in match()/search() Without Limits — ReDoS

- Also known as: GHSA-8V8V-G73J-492J
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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: 7.4.12, 8.0.12
- Published: 2026-07-14 · Updated: 2026-07-21

## Affected

- symfony: from 7.3.0-BETA1, fixed in 7.4.12; from 8.0.0-BETA1, fixed in 8.0.12
- symfony json-path: from 7.3.0-BETA1, fixed in 7.4.12; from 8.0.0-BETA1, fixed in 8.0.12
- symfony/json-path (Packagist): from 7.3.0, fixed in 7.4.12
- symfony/json-path (Packagist): from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.12
- symfony/symfony (Packagist): from 7.3.0, fixed in 7.4.12
- symfony/symfony (Packagist): from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.12

## Description

Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. From 7.3.0-BETA1 until 7.4.12 and 8.0.12, the JsonPath component compiles attacker-controlled match() and search() filter patterns directly into preg_match() without a length cap, i-regexp restriction, or bounded backtracking, allowing catastrophic-backtracking expressions to pin worker CPU and cause denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 7.4.12 and 8.0.12.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on symfony, symfony json-path, symfony/json-path or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (7.4.12, 8.0.12) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-8v8v-g73j-492j
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/1ac2d47418ec23066112db1e6ca35be6fe123d14
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v7.4.12
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/releases/tag/v8.0.12

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