Twig: `{% sandbox %}{% include %}` skips checkSecurity() on cached templates (incomplete fix for CVE-2024-45411)
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-693.
Summary
Twig is a template language for PHP. Prior to 3.26.0, {% sandbox %}{% include %} can include a template that was previously loaded outside the sandbox without re-invoking checkSecurity(), allowing the cached template to use tags, filters, and functions that should have been denied by SecurityPolicy::checkSecurity(). This issue is fixed in version 3.26.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| symfony | Twig | before 3.26.0 | 3.26.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | twig/twig (Packagist) | before 3.26.0 | 3.26.0 | Patch available | GHSA-7fxw-r6jv-74c8 |
- 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-7fxw-r6jv-74c8
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Twig (twigphp) Fixed in 3.26.0
- Fix · GHSA-7fxw-r6jv-74c8 twig/twig (Packagist) Fixed in 3.26.0 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-46638
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7fxw-r6jv-74c8
References
Advisory 2
More symfony Twig vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-34283 Twig: The `spaceless` filter implicitly marks its output as safe CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-46638 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-46638 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7fxw-r6jv-74c8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-46638 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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