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CVE-2026-54133

CRITICAL Exploitation: PoC
9.8
CVSS 3.1
Description
jmespath.php allows users to use JMESPath, software for declaratively specifying how to extract elements from a JSON document, in PHP applications with PHP data structures. Versions prior to 2.9.1 can generate and execute attacker-controlled PHP code when `JmesPath\CompilerRuntime` is used with an attacker-controlled JMESPath expression. The compiler emits parsed JMESPath function names into generated PHP source without sufficient escaping. A crafted expression can cause the generated cache file to contain executable attacker-controlled PHP, which is then loaded by the compiler runtime. The issue is patched in `2.9.1` and later. As a workaround, disable `JP_PHP_COMPILE` and do not use `JmesPath\CompilerRuntime` with attacker-controlled expressions. Use the default `AstRuntime` for untrusted expressions. Applications that must continue accepting untrusted JMESPath expressions before upgrading should ensure those expressions are never evaluated by the compiler runtime.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-54133
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Reserved
2026-06-11 21:15 UTC
Published
2026-06-12 13:56 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-12 15:07 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-20
CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
Vendor / Product
jmespath / jmespath.php
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
PoC
Automatable
yes
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
jmespath jmespath.php < 2.9.1
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-116 cna CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
CWE-20 cna CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-94 cna CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
9.8 CRITICAL 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References (1)
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