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TI-2026-34283 Aliases CVE-2026-46628GHSA-4j38-f5cw-54h7

Twig: The `spaceless` filter implicitly marks its output as safe

Priority MEDIUM 56CWE-116Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Twig is a template language for PHP. Prior to 3.26.0, the deprecated spaceless filter is registered as safe for HTML, causing Twig autoescaping to emit attacker-controlled markup unescaped when spaceless is applied to untrusted input. This issue is fixed in version 3.26.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00295 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Twig (twigphp): 3.26.0twig/twig (Packagist): 3.26.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
symfonyTwigbefore 3.26.03.26.0Patch availableCNA
—twig/twig (Packagist)before 3.26.03.26.0Patch availableGHSA-4j38-f5cw-54h7
  • Twig Vendorsymfony Affected before 3.26.0 Fixed in 3.26.0 Patch available CNA
  • twig/twig (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 3.26.0 Fixed in 3.26.0 Patch available GHSA-4j38-f5cw-54h7

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:symfony:twig:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.26.0Vulnerablesymfony
  • cpe:2.3:a:symfony:twig:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.26.0 Vulnerable ·symfony

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Twig (twigphp) Fixed in 3.26.0
  • Fix · GHSA-4j38-f5cw-54h7 twig/twig (Packagist) Fixed in 3.26.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-46628
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4j38-f5cw-54h7

References

  • TI-2022-07667 Code injection in Twig CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-10028 Twig before 2.4.4 allows Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) via the search search_key… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-18637 Twig may load a template outside a configured directory when using the filesystem loader CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-34292 Twig: Arbitrary PHP code execution via `_self.(<string>)` macro-reference compilation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-34285 Twig: PHP code injection via `{% use %}` template name CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-19691 Twig 2.16.x & 3.9.0-3.25.x Sandbox Bypass via SourcePolicyInterface CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
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