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[GHSA] GHSA-hrwp-4hh9-c8r8 (critical) — Phalcon Volt compiler `join` filter compile-time PHP code injection (SSTI leads to RCE)

medgithub_advisoriesPublished 2026-08-21

GHSA-hrwp-4hh9-c8r8 Severity: critical CVE: CVE-2026-59989

Phalcon Volt compiler `join` filter compile-time PHP code injection (SSTI leads to RCE)

## Summary

The Volt template compiler in Phalcon generates the PHP for the `join` filter by string-concatenating the filter's **raw template-literal argument bytes** with no escaping. The separator literal is dropped verbatim between two single quote

MITRE ATT&CK techniques

Indicators of compromise

Original source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrwp-4hh9-c8r8