CVE-2019-11830 — PharMetaDataInterceptor in the PharStreamWrapper (aka phar-stream-wrapper) packa

PharMetaDataInterceptor in the PharStreamWrapper (aka phar-stream-wrapper) package 2.x before 2.1.1 and 3.x before 3.1.1 for TYPO3 mishandles Phar stub parsing, which allows attackers to bypass a deserialization protection mechanism.

01What is this vulnerability?

PharMetaDataInterceptor in the PharStreamWrapper (aka phar-stream-wrapper) package 2.x before 2.1.1 and 3.x before 3.1.1 for TYPO3 mishandles Phar stub parsing, which allows attackers to bypass a deserialization protection mechanism.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-05-09T03:51:50.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:03:33.021Z

09References

• typo3.org — https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-psa-2019-008/
• github.com — https://github.com/TYPO3/phar-stream-wrapper/releases/tag/v3.1.1
• github.com — https://github.com/TYPO3/phar-stream-wrapper/releases/tag/v2.1.1
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…