CVE-2026-40044
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedPachno 1.0.6 contains a deserialization vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting malicious serialized objects into cache files. Attackers can write PHP object payloads to world-writable cache files with predictable names in the cache directory, which are unserialized during framework bootstrap before authentication checks occur.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidencePachno 1.0.6 suffers from an insecure deserialization vulnerability where unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious PHP serialized objects into world-writable cache files with predictable names. These cache files are deserialized during framework bootstrap before any authentication occurs, allowing remote code execution.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed Pachno versionCheck the version file in the Pachno installation directory, typically found in a version.php file or the application header/admin panel. Compare against version 1.0.6.Affected if The installed version is 1.0.6 or the version cannot be determined but the software is Pachno.
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Inspect cache directory permissionsLocate the cache directory (commonly 'cache' or 'data/cache' within the Pachno installation). Use 'ls -la' to check file permissions. Verify if cache files or their parent directory are world-writable (permissions ending in 777 or containing 'other' write bits).Affected if Cache files or the cache directory have world-writable permissions (mode 0777 or writable by 'others').
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Check for cache file existenceList contents of the cache directory. Look for cache files with predictable/named patterns (common in frameworks like Twig caches or application caches).Affected if Cache files exist and are stored in a publicly accessible directory with predictable filenames.
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Examine PHP deserialization usageSearch the application bootstrap files (index.php, bootstrap.php, or similar) for calls to unserialize() function that process cached data without prior validation.Affected if The application uses unserialize() on cache file contents during bootstrap before any authentication check.
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Verify unauthenticated cache write accessTest or inspect whether the web server process (or other non-privileged users) can write to the cache directory. Check directory ownership and permissions relative to the web server user.Affected if The web server user or unauthenticated remote attackers can create or modify files in the cache directory.
A Pachno 1.0.6 installation with world-writable cache directories that deserialize data during bootstrap is vulnerable to unauthenticated RCE via insecure deserialization.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRestrict cache file permissions to prevent unauthenticated write access, implement validation/deserialization guards before processing cached data, and consider migrating from PHP serialize() to safer formats like JSON for cache storage.
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