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GHSA-5v5v-ww74-355v Twig: Sandbox `__toString()` policy bypass via dynamic mapping keys
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-48806
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- twig/twig
- Severity
- Moderate
- Weaknesses
- CWE-693, CWE-863
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-30
Affected packages
• Packagist twig/twig: < 3.27.0 → fixed in 3.27.0
Description
Description
This is a residual bypass of CVE-2026-47732 / GHSA-pr2w-4gpj-cpq4 left after the initial fix for unguarded `__toString()` calls.
In 3.26.0 the sandbox visitor was extended to wrap every child node that its parent will string-coerce at runtime with `CheckToStringNode`, gated by the new `CoercesChildrenToStringInterface`. `ArrayExpression` did not implement the interface for its mapping keys: when a dynamic key expression resolves to a `Stringable` object, `ArrayExpression::compile()` emits a raw `(string)` cast (via `StringCastUnary` for `ContextVariable` keys, and no cast at all for richer key expressions). PHP then invokes `__toString()` directly, without ever calling `SandboxExtension::ensureToStringAllowed()`.
A sandboxed template author can therefore trigger `__toString()` on any object reachable in the render context by using it as a dynamic mapping key, for example:
```twig
{% set arr = {(obj): "value"} %}
```
Direct output of the same object is correctly blocked, which makes this a clear policy enforcement gap. The reliable demonstrated impact is unauthorised disclosure of data returned by `__toString()`.
Resolution
`ArrayExpression` now declares its dynamic mapping keys as string-coercion sites through `CoercesChildrenToStringInterface`, so the sandbox visitor wraps them with `CheckToStringNode` and the policy is consulted before PHP coerces the key to a string. The compiler also keeps an explicit `(string)` cast around the wrapped expression so PHP type errors on non-string keys are preserved.
As a side effect, any expression is now accepted as a dynamic mapping key (not only context variables); this is documented as a new feature on the 3.x branch.
Credits
Twig would like to thank El Kharoubi Iosif for reporting the issue and Fabien Potencier for providing the fix.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-48806 Twig is a template language for PHP. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/twigphp/Twig/security/advisories/GHSA-5v5v-ww74-355v web
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/twig/twig/CVE-2026-48806.yaml web
- https://github.com/twigphp/Twig package
- https://github.com/twigphp/Twig/releases/tag/v3.27.0 web
- https://symfony.com/blog/cve-2026-48806-sandbox-tostring-policy-bypass-via-dynamic-mapping-keys web