CVE-2026-45793: composer
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-45793 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in composer. EPSS estimates a 1.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 8Timeline
- 15-07-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-07-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Composer is a dependency Manager for the PHP language. Prior to 1.10.28, 2.2.28, and 2.9.8, Composer\IO\BaseIO::loadConfiguration() validates GitHub OAuth tokens with the regex ^[.A-Za-z0-9_]+$ and interpolates rejected tokens into an UnexpectedValueException; GitHub Actions GITHUB_TOKEN values using the ghs_<id>_<base64url-JWT> format can contain -, fail validation, and be disclosed to stderr or CI logs. This issue is fixed in versions 1.10.28, 2.2.28, and 2.9.8.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.02%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
63%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.02% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Composer1 product
- composer≥ 1.0, < 1.10.28 | ≥ 2.0.0, < 2.2.28 | ≥ 2.3.0, < 2.9.8
Debian1 product
- composer< 2.5.5-1+deb12u5 | < 2.8.8-1+deb13u3 | < 2.10.0-1
Opensuse1 product
- php-composer2&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 2.10.2-2.1
Ubuntu1 product
- composerAll versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 4 products
References
13 links- github.com/composer/composer/pull/12853X Refsource MISC
- github.com/composer/composer/pull/12855X Refsource MISC
- github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/1.10.28X Refsource MISC
- github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.2.28X Refsource MISC
- github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.9.8X Refsource MISC