GHSA-5g9f-cwwg-4p8g
PhpWeasyPrint vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion at shutdown via public $temporaryFiles
Details
### Summary
`AbstractGenerator::$temporaryFiles` is a public array, and `removeTemporaryFiles()` — invoked from `__destruct()` and from a registered shutdown function — calls `unlink()` on every entry without verifying that the path is contained within the temporary folder. Any code holding a reference to a generator instance can push an arbitrary path into the array and have it deleted on script shutdown.
This mirrors the KnpLabs/snappy issue [GHSA-87qc-37cw-84h4](https://github.com/KnpLabs/snappy/security/advisories/GHSA-87qc-37cw-84h4), patched in snappy 1.7.2.
### Affected versions
`pontedilana/php-weasyprint` versions `<= 2.5.1`.
Patched in: `2.6.0`.
### Vulnerable code
`src/AbstractGenerator.php`:
```php public array $temporaryFiles = [];
// ...
public function removeTemporaryFiles(): void { foreach ($this->temporaryFiles as $file) { $this->unlink($file); } } ```
No path-containment check: whatever path is present in `$temporaryFiles` at shutdown is unlinked.
### Proof of concept
```php <?php use Pontedilana\PhpWeasyPrint\Pdf;
$pdf = new Pdf(); $pdf->temporaryFiles[] = '/var/www/html/.env';
// On shutdown, removeTemporaryFiles() deletes /var/www/html/.env. ```
### Impact
- Arbitrary file deletion bound to script shutdown, scoped to the privileges of the PHP process user. - Not directly exploitable on its own (the attacker already needs to influence the property in the same request). The risk is **amplification**: chained with a separate disclosure bug it enables leak-then-delete-to-cover-tracks, and any deserialization/property-oriented gadget that reaches this property becomes a generic file-delete primitive.
CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path).
### Suggested fix
Only delete files that actually live inside the temporary folder, comparing canonical (`realpath`) paths:
```php public function removeTemporaryFiles(): void { $temporaryFolderPath = \realpath($this->getTemporaryFolder()); if (false === $temporaryFolderPath) { return; } $temporaryFolderPath = \rtrim($temporaryFolderPath, \DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) . \DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
foreach ($this->temporaryFiles as $file) { $filePath = \realpath($file); if (false === $filePath || 0 !== \strncmp($filePath, $temporaryFolderPath, \strlen($temporaryFolderPath))) { continue; } $this->unlink($file); } } ```
(The trailing directory separator prevents a sibling folder such as `/tmpevil` from matching `/tmp`; `strncmp` is used instead of `str_starts_with` to keep PHP 7.4 compatibility.)
### Credit
Reported upstream to KnpLabs/snappy ([GHSA-87qc-37cw-84h4](https://github.com/KnpLabs/snappy/security/advisories/GHSA-87qc-37cw-84h4)); identified as applicable to `pontedilana/php-weasyprint`, which mirrors the same code.
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Affected packages
0 Fixed in: 2.6.0 composer require pontedilana/php-weasyprint:^2.6.0 References
- https://github.com/KnpLabs/snappy/security/advisories/GHSA-87qc-37cw-84h4 [WEB]
- https://github.com/pontedilana/php-weasyprint/security/advisories/GHSA-5g9f-cwwg-4p8g [WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49358 [ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/pontedilana/php-weasyprint/commit/6d328ffd3bcb800c7c2e8a594b1bff0c099c9391 [WEB]
- https://github.com/pontedilana/php-weasyprint [PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/pontedilana/php-weasyprint/releases/tag/2.6.0 [WEB]