GHSA-xx3c-qf5g-hc39
Symfony has an Argument Injection in SendmailTransport via Dash-Prefixed Recipient Address
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | symfony/mailer | < 5.4.52 | 5.4.52 |
| Packagist | symfony/symfony | < 5.4.52 | 5.4.52 |
| Packagist | symfony/mailer | >= 6.0.0, < 6.4.40 | 6.4.40 |
| Packagist | symfony/mailer | >= 7.0.0, < 7.4.12 | 7.4.12 |
| Packagist | symfony/mailer | >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.12 | 8.0.12 |
| Packagist | symfony/symfony | >= 6.0.0, < 6.4.40 | 6.4.40 |
| Packagist | symfony/symfony | >= 7.0.0, < 7.4.12 | 7.4.12 |
| Packagist | symfony/symfony | >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.12 | 8.0.12 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Description
Symfony Mailer selects a transport via the `MAILER_DSN` environment variable / configuration (e.g. `smtp://...`, `sendmail://...`, `native://default`). `SendmailTransport` invokes the local `sendmail` binary and supports two modes: `-bs` (speak SMTP over stdin: the default) and `-t` (read the message on stdin, pass recipients as command-line arguments).
In `-t` mode, recipient addresses are appended to the sendmail command line **without a `--` end-of-options separator**. A recipient address beginning with `-` (which `Symfony\Component\Mime\Address` accepts as valid) is therefore interpreted by sendmail as a command-line option rather than an address.
### Resolution
The `SendmailTransport` transport now ensure `--` is set before the list of recipients.
The patch for this issue is available [here](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/c45144862dc289d03952f41f6078174089a3afc6) for branch 5.4.
### Credits
Symfony would like to thank Claude Mythos Preview (via Project Glasswing) for reporting the issue and providing the fix.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-xx3c-qf5g-hc39
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/c45144862dc289d03952f41f6078174089a3afc6
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/mailer/CVE-2026-45068.yaml
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/symfony/symfony/CVE-2026-45068.yaml
- https://github.com/symfony/symfony
- https://symfony.com/cve-2026-45068