GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist

GHSA-pw9p-jvrm-f7rm PHP Standard Library: HTTP/2 server-side missing content-length validation enables request smuggling

HIGH Published 2026-06-26 Modified 2026-06-26 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-48979
Ecosystem
Packagist
Packages
php-standard-library/h2, php-standard-library/php-standard-library
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-444
Reviewed
2026-06-26

Affected packages

• Packagist php-standard-library/h2: >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.2 → fixed in 6.1.2 • Packagist php-standard-library/h2: >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.1 → fixed in 6.2.1 • Packagist php-standard-library/php-standard-library: >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.2 → fixed in 6.1.2 • Packagist php-standard-library/php-standard-library: >= 6.2.0, < 6.2.1 → fixed in 6.2.1

Description

Impact `Psl\H2\ServerConnection` does not validate that the total bytes received in DATA frames match the `content-length` header declared in the HEADERS frame, in violation of RFC 9113 §8.1.1. A malicious client can: • Send more DATA bytes than declared, smuggling additional content past application-level size limits. • Send fewer DATA bytes than declared and close the stream early, causing applications that trust the declared length to behave incorrectly. The vulnerability is only reachable for consumers using `Psl\H2\ServerConnection` directly to accept untrusted client traffic. The high-level `Psl\HTTP\Server` is in active development and was not yet released at the time of this advisory; consumers of documented high-level PSL APIs are not affected. Patches Fixed in 6.1.2 and 6.2.1. • Parses and validates the `content-length` header on incoming HEADERS (server-side only — clients do not enforce this per RFC 9110 §9.3.2). • Tracks cumulative DATA frame payload length per stream. • Throws `StreamException` on mismatch or overflow. Regression tests landed in #781, 9 of the new tests fail against the pre-fix code, proving the validation boundary is enforced. Workarounds None at the protocol layer. Applications using `Psl\H2\ServerConnection` directly should upgrade. Resources • RFC 9113 §8.1.1 (HTTP/2 request/response exchange) • RFC 9110 §8.6 (content-length header) • https://github.com/php-standard-library/php-standard-library/releases/tag/6.1.2 • https://github.com/php-standard-library/php-standard-library/releases/tag/6.2.1

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-48979 PHP Standard Library (PSL) is set of APIs covering async, collections, networking, I/O, cryptography, terminal UI, etc. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests weakness

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