Is CVE-2026-91765 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-91765 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2026-91765?

High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 25 September 2026.

Which products and versions are affected?

Php <8.2.34, <8.3.35, <8.4.26, <8.5.11.

Is there a fix for CVE-2026-91765?

No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

How is CVE-2026-91765 attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-91765?

Check whether you run Php at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2026-91765: PHP SOAP XML parser unbounded recursion denial of service

Q: Which products and versions are affected?

Php <8.2.34, <8.3.35, <8.4.26, <8.5.11.

Q: Is there a fix for CVE-2026-91765?

No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

Q: How is CVE-2026-91765 attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

Q: Am I affected by CVE-2026-91765?

Check whether you run Php at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2026-91765 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.5 · Published 2026-09-25

PHP's SOAP server implementation contains an unbounded recursion vulnerability in its XML parser that crashes the server process when parsing deeply nested XML documents. An attacker can send a specially crafted SOAP request with tens of thousands of nested elements to any SoapServer endpoint, exhausting the call stack and causing a denial of service. No authentication or special configuration is required, making any publicly exposed SOAP endpoint vulnerable to being taken offline with a single HTTP request.

Technologies: Php. Vendors: PHP.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-91765 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-91765 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-91765?: High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 25 September 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: Php <8.2.34, <8.3.35, <8.4.26, <8.5.11.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-91765?: No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-91765 attacked?: It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-91765?: Check whether you run Php at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

The cleanup_xml_node() function in ext/soap/php_xml.c recursively traverses the parsed XML document tree without enforcing any depth limit, causing stack exhaustion when processing deeply nested structures. The vulnerability affects SoapServer::handle() processing of php://input streams, and similar unbounded recursion issues exist in master_to_zval_int() (value decoder) and get_node_with_attribute_recursive_ex() (WSDL search). The fix introduces SOAP_MAX_XML_DEPTH (2048) limit and converts vulnerable functions to iterative traversals.

Affected products

PHP PHP <8.2.34, <8.3.35, <8.4.26, <8.5.11

Timeline

2026-09-25: disclosed: CVE-2026-91765 published

References

https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-rgrp-mwpx-f6rm

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