CVE-2024-51736

Command execution hijack on Windows with Process class in symfony/process

Published: Nov 6, 2024Updated: Sep 4, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-77

N/ACVSS

NVD MITRE

Description

Symphony process is a module for the Symphony PHP framework which executes commands in sub-processes. On Windows, when an executable file named `cmd.exe` is located in the current working directory it will be called by the `Process` class when preparing command arguments, leading to possible hijacking. This issue has been addressed in release versions 5.4.46, 6.4.14, and 7.1.7. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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Weaknesses

CWE-77

Affected Products

package-ecosystem

oss-projectaka twig (related), symfony framework

symfonyLibrary

OSS Libraries / web-framework

sensiolabs

oss-project

symfonyLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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References

https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-qq5c-677p-737q

github.com

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51736

nvd.nist.gov

https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/18ecd03eda3917fdf901a48e72518f911c64a1c9

github.com

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