CVE-2026-7262

A flaw was found in PHP. When a PHP SOAP server has a typemap configured, the apache:Map decoding process checks the incorrect variable in case of a missing value element. This incorrect check leads to a NULL pointer dereference and allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to crash the PHP SOAP server process, resulting in a denial of service.

To exploit this issue, a remote unauthenticated attacker needs to send a malicious request to be processed by the apache:Map decoder, causing a crash in the PHP SOAP server process. Due to this reason, this vulnerability has been rated with an important severity.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.