Low severity · published Sep 29, 2026
CVE-2026-102601
Flysystem: WhitespacePathNormalizer's control-character (CorruptedPathDetected) check is bypassed by malformed UTF-8 in the path, affecting every adapter
3.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Flysystem is an open source file storage library for PHP. Prior to 3.35.3, the default WhitespacePathNormalizer in src/WhitespacePathNormalizer.php used by Filesystem across adapters calls preg_match with the u modifier and treats both false and 0 as falsy. A path containing malformed UTF-8 causes PCRE to return false, so paths that also contain control characters bypass CorruptedPathDetected::forPath() in normalizePath(). Filesystem::write() can store such names and Filesystem::listContents() can return the raw ANSI escape sequences, allowing hidden or spoofed terminal file listings when an administrator displays them. This issue is fixed in version 3.35.3.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FL
flysystem · thephpleague
< 3.35.3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102601
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102601
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/thephpleague/flysystem/security/advisories/GHSA-cxf4-7mrp-vvpr
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/thephpleague/flysystem/commit/ef4a9a557d769b5d472c403125716706a0d9cc77
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/thephpleague/flysystem/releases/tag/3.35.3
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