shivammathur setup-php up to 2.37.0 Version Resolution platform-overrides.php command injection

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in shivammathur setup-php up to 2.37.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file platform-overrides.php of the component Version Resolution. Such manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-46420. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in shivammathur setup-php up to 2.37.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file platform-overrides.php of the component Version Resolution. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

setup-php is a GitHub action to set up PHP with extensions, php.ini configuration, coverage drivers, and tools. From 2.25.0 prior to 2.37.1, shivammathur/setup-php resolves the PHP version from repository-controlled files such as .php-version, composer.lock through platform-overrides.php, and composer.json through config.platform.php, and insufficiently constrains those values before incorporating them into generated shell or PowerShell setup scripts, allowing command injection on a GitHub Actions runner when workflows such as pull_request_target check out attacker-controlled contents before invoking setup-php. This issue is fixed in version 2.37.1.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-46420 since 05/14/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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Upgrading to version 2.37.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Programming Language Software

Vendor

• shivammathur

Name

• setup-php

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30
• 2.31
• 2.32
• 2.33
• 2.34
• 2.35
• 2.36
• 2.37.0

Website

• Product: https://github.com/shivammathur/setup-php/

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