SCA: security update for phpcsstandards/phpcsutils (GHSA-r6hr-vr92-vv28)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 448484

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- PHPCSUtils is a suite of utility functions for use with PHP_CodeSniffer. From 1.0.0-alpha1 until 1.2.3,
PHPCSUtils\AbstractSniffs\AbstractArrayDeclarationSniff::getActualArrayKey() evaluates attacker-controlled
array-key expressions with eval(), allowing callback-form keys in untrusted PHP code scanned by an
extending sniff to execute arbitrary commands on the scanning host. Known reachable paths include
Universal.Arrays.DuplicateArrayKey and Universal.Arrays.MixedArrayKeyTypes. This issue is fixed in version
1.2.3. (CVE-2026-65954)

Solution

Update the phpcsstandards/phpcsutils library and its related packages to version 1.2.3 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r6hr-vr92-vv28

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 448484

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/29/2026

Updated: 10/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.19

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-65954

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-65954

cwe: CWE-95