PHP has various global state that temporarily points into request memory. In some scenarios, global state may not be correctly reset, or may be repopulated after being reset. The global state may then refer to request memory even after it has been freed. Subsequent requests may read or branch on this stale state before it is fully initialized. Multiple strategies can trigger this condition and produce remote code execution (RCE).
Collabora Online Built-in CODE Server before 26.4.303 (richdocumentscode), a Nextcloud app, allows remote code execution, as exploited in the wild in September and October 2026, a different vulnerability than CVE-2025-66208. This is an OS command injection in proxy.php when the CODE server isn't running (e.g., the product was recently restarted). The vulnerability is not present in standalone Collabora Online servers; only this deployment with CODE Server is affected.
| Version | Type | Source | Base | Exp | Imp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | Primary | NVD | 9.8 | 3.9 | 5.9 |
| 4.0 | Primary | cve.org | 9.2 | — | — |
| 4.0 | Secondary | ENISA EUVD | 9.2 | — | — |
| 4.0 | Secondary | NVD | 9.2 | — | — |