GHSA-5qxq-vgmm-q39m is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) Code Injection vulnerability in pimcore/pimcore. A fix is available for pimcore/pimcore — see the affected versions and patch details below.
RCE vulnerability in Pimcore/Mail & Dynamic Text Layout
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-5qxq-vgmm-q39m plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,238 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
pimcore/pimcoreReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Impact
The user controlled twig templates rendering in Pimcore/Mail & ClassDefinition\Layout\Text is vulnerable to server-side template Injection RCE.
Patches
Update to version 10.5.9 or apply this patch manually https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/pull/13347.patch
Workarounds
Apply https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore/pull/13347.patch manually.
References
Credits: @nth347 from Viettel Cyber Security
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | pimcore/pimcore | all versions | 10.5.9composer require pimcore/pimcore:^10.5.9 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for pimcore/pimcore, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update pimcore/pimcore to 10.5.9 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-5qxq-vgmm-q39m is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-5qxq-vgmm-q39m can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-5qxq-vgmm-q39m. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-5qxq-vgmm-q39m in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-5qxq-vgmm-q39m across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.