CVE-2026-82531
Severity CVSS v4.0:
CRITICAL
Type:
CWE-94
Code Injection
Publication date:
06/10/2026
Last modified:
06/10/2026
Description
Smarty before 4.5.8 and 5.x before 5.8.5 contains a code injection vulnerability where the top-level nocache_hash is never restored during extends:/multi-component template inheritance, leaving it null. Attackers can supply assigned data containing a forged SmartyNocache marker that is copied verbatim into the regenerated PHP cache file, executing arbitrary PHP on include for remote code execution.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
9.20
Severity 4.0
CRITICAL
Base Score 3.x
8.10
Severity 3.x
HIGH
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/1cba51cb813563eb61d963c83d28cd59f26b858d
- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/c0fdd4824aca4f67e814b50703cfee1dfde41414
- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v4.5.8
- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v5.8.5
- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/security/advisories/GHSA-3w63-v7pm-cq9x
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smarty-before-4.5.8-and-5-x-before-5.8.5-php-code-injection-via-extends-inheritance-cache
- https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/security/advisories/GHSA-3w63-v7pm-cq9x


