CVE-2026-79988 (GCVE-0-2026-79988)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-27 15:36
Modified
2026-08-28 16:51
CWE
  • CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Summary
The Twig sandbox mechanism in Craft CMS is configured to allow dangerous functionality from the Yii framework, leading to authenticated RCE similar to previously disclosed vulnerabilities.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
craftcms cms Version: 4.0.0-RC1   
Version: 5.0.0-RC1   
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