# CVE-2026-46644: symfony/polyfill-intl-idn accepts xn-- labels whose Punycode payload decodes to ASCII-only: insecure equivalence

- Also known as: GHSA-2XF4-CG6J-VHGQ
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.38.1
- Published: 2026-07-14 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- symfony polyfill: from 1.17.1, fixed in 1.38.1
- symfony polyfill-intl-idn: from 1.17.1, fixed in 1.38.1
- symfony/polyfill (Packagist): from 1.17.1, fixed in 1.38.1
- symfony/polyfill-intl-idn (Packagist): from 1.17.1, fixed in 1.38.1

## Description

Symfony Polyfill backports PHP features and provides compatibility layers for extensions and functions. From 1.17.1 until 1.38.1, symfony/polyfill-intl-idn accepts xn-- labels whose Punycode payload is empty or decodes to ASCII-only code points because Idn::process() does not enforce the UTS #46 revision 33 requirement that decoded ACE labels contain at least one non-ASCII code point. Originally unequal domain names can be regarded as equal, which can lead to blacklist bypassing, inconsistent URL parsing, and server-side request forgery in applications using the polyfill to canonicalise or compare hostnames. This issue is fixed in version 1.38.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on symfony polyfill, symfony polyfill-intl-idn, symfony/polyfill or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (1.38.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/symfony/polyfill/security/advisories/GHSA-2xf4-cg6j-vhgq
- https://github.com/symfony/polyfill/commit/1be936e2491ccebe152bd736dfc91eb1422c8bec
- https://github.com/symfony/polyfill/releases/tag/v1.38.1

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