Smarty is a template engine for PHP, facilitating the separation of presentation (HTML/CSS) from application logic. Prior to 5.8.2 (and 4.5.7 on the 4.x line), Security::_checkDir() does not fully resolve symbolic links before validating that a requested path lies within a configured secure directory. An attacker able to place or reference a symlink within a directory Smarty treats as trusted (e.g., a template or config directory) could use it to point outside the intended secure directory, bypassing the containment check and reading arbitrary files accessible to the PHP process. This issue is fixed in versions 5.8.2 and 4.5.7.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
smarty-php smarty affected
Version Status Constraints
>= 5.0.0, < 5.8.2 affected —
< 4.5.7 affected —

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-f6wf-28g6-769x Smarty: Symlink path traversal out of trusted directories
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
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https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/99c048ce7a590c519b79fbd38ad0143a08183a1f cve-icon
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/commit/a1ccdb0518021a559b4066c37b76a42c86bbce90 cve-icon
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v4.5.7 cve-icon
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/releases/tag/v5.8.2 cve-icon
https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/security/advisories/GHSA-f6wf-28g6-769x cve-icon
History

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Smarty-php
Smarty-php smarty
Vendors & Products Smarty-php
Smarty-php smarty

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Description Smarty is a template engine for PHP, facilitating the separation of presentation (HTML/CSS) from application logic. Prior to 5.8.2 (and 4.5.7 on the 4.x line), Security::_checkDir() does not fully resolve symbolic links before validating that a requested path lies within a configured secure directory. An attacker able to place or reference a symlink within a directory Smarty treats as trusted (e.g., a template or config directory) could use it to point outside the intended secure directory, bypassing the containment check and reading arbitrary files accessible to the PHP process. This issue is fixed in versions 5.8.2 and 4.5.7.
Title Smarty: Symlink path traversal out of trusted directories
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-61
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-07T16:00:28.634Z

Reserved: 2026-07-14T23:10:57.031Z

Link: CVE-2026-62992

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-07T16:00:24.911Z

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Updated: 2026-08-07T16:30:15Z

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