CVE-2026-49740: Typo3/cms core TYPO3 CMS Has Insecure Deserialization Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-c78m-c52x-jgwp",
  "modified" : "2026-06-12T19:09:27Z",
  "published" : "2026-06-12T19:09:26Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-49740" ],
  "summary" : "TYPO3 CMS has Insecure Deserialization via Core API",
  "details" : "### Problem\nTYPO3's cache frontend (`VariableFrontend`) and persistent key-value store (`Registry`) deserialized PHP payloads without integrity validation or class restrictions. An attacker with write access to the underlying storage backend (cache store or sys_registry database table) could inject a crafted serialized payload to trigger PHP Object Injection, potentially exploiting a gadget chain to achieve Remote Code Execution or other high-impact effects.\n\nExploiting this vulnerability requires direct local write access to the storage, such as the SQL database or file system.\n\n### Solution\nUpdate to TYPO3 versions 10.4.57 ELTS, 11.5.51 ELTS, 12.4.46 ELTS, 13.4.31 LTS, 14.3.3 LTS that fix the problem described.\n\n### Credits\nTYPO3 CMS thanks “z3rco”, Chowdhury Faizal Ahammed, Rick Larabee, Vitaly Simonovich, Nozomu Sasaki, Mert Akdag, “tikket”, Shafi Almutairi for reporting this issue, and to TYPO3 core & security team member Oliver Hader for fixing it.\n\n### Resources\n* [TYPO3-CORE-SA-2026-018](https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-018)",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V4",
    "score" : "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "Packagist",
      "name" : "typo3/cms-core"
    },
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      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "10.4.57"
      } ]
    } ]
  }, {
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    },
    "ranges" : [ {
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      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "11.0.0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "11.5.51"
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    } ]
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        "fixed" : "14.3.3"
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  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-c78m-c52x-jgwp"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49740"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/48bcf24f31f52cc0b43d3bea4984634bd2cf85c7"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/87cd7c5b710c44d3606fed277b040a75dc6a9c02"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2026-49740.yaml"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-018"
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  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-502" ],
    "severity" : "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2026-06-12T19:09:26Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2026-06-09T11:16:53Z"
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