Description
Phalcon is a high-performance, full-stack PHP framework. In 5.15.0 and earlier, resolveFilter in phalcon/Mvc/View/Engine/Volt/Compiler.zep builds the join filter by inserting the raw separator and array token values into generated PHP without passing them through expression(). An attacker who can influence Volt template source can place quote-breaking content in a join argument, inject PHP into the compiled cache file, and execute it when Phalcon\Mvc\View\Engine\Volt::render() loads the template. This issue is fixed in version 5.16.0.
Published: 2026-08-21
Score: 9.2 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hrwp-4hh9-c8r8 Phalcon Volt compiler `join` filter compile-time PHP code injection (SSTI leads to RCE)
History

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description Phalcon is a high-performance, full-stack PHP framework. In 5.15.0 and earlier, resolveFilter in phalcon/Mvc/View/Engine/Volt/Compiler.zep builds the join filter by inserting the raw separator and array token values into generated PHP without passing them through expression(). An attacker who can influence Volt template source can place quote-breaking content in a join argument, inject PHP into the compiled cache file, and execute it when Phalcon\Mvc\View\Engine\Volt::render() loads the template. This issue is fixed in version 5.16.0.
Title Phalcon Volt compiler `join` filter compile-time PHP code injection (SSTI lead to RCE)
Weaknesses CWE-1336
CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-21T20:25:44.767Z

Reserved: 2026-07-07T19:41:00.005Z

Link: CVE-2026-59989

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-21T21:17:00.713

Modified: 2026-08-21T21:17:00.713

Link: CVE-2026-59989

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-1336

    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine

  • CWE-94

    Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')