CodeIgniter is a PHP full-stack web framework. Prior to 4.7.4, the is_image and mime_in upload validation rules do not independently enforce a safe client filename extension, allowing a remote attacker to upload executable content when an application preserves the client filename and stores uploads in a web-accessible script-enabled directory. Applications are impacted when they validate uploads using is_image or mime_in without an independent safe extension check (such as ext_in on patched versions), save uploaded files using the client-supplied filename, and place uploads in a web-accessible directory where PHP files can execute. This issue is fixed in version 4.7.4.
CVE-2026-63223
“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.
Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-07. A secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.
Also known asEUVD-2026-51399 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-mmj4-63m4-r6h5 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 75EG Risk 75/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity98% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation40% × 40%EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.Automatability100% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 0.8%
- EPSS %ILE
- 56th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.8% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-01). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
July 31, 2026
Last Modified
September 8, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Oct 31, 2026Uploaded file extension validation bypass in `is_image` and `mime_in` rules · Advisory · codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4 · GitHub
https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/security/advisories/GHSA-mmj4-63m4-r6h5CodeIgniter 4.7.4
Patch available: codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4 v4.7.4
https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/releases/tag/v4.7.4commit b6e9a4fa1dca (codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4)
Patch available: codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4 v4.7.4 (contains commit b6e9a4fa1dca)
https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/commit/b6e9a4fa1dca2df3d3f261bdf61532df8c6420aaVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-63223(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| composer | codeigniter4/framework @ 4.7.4 (fixes < 4.7.4) | — | ghsa |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Packagist(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| codeigniter4/framework | 4.0.0 ... v4.7.3 (78 versions) |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
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- 2026-11-02 04:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mmj4-63m4-r6h5 · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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Publicly available exploits
(2 references)Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (2 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.
- GitHub PoCshinthink/CVE-2026-63223Published Aug 4, 2026
CVE-2026-63223 — CI4RCE: CodeIgniter 4 is_image/mime_in File Upload RCE. Magic bytes bypass (getExtension vs getClientExtension). CVSS 9.8 | CWE-434 | CI4 < 4.7.4
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCimbas007/CVE-2026-63223-POCPublished Aug 3, 2026
CVE-2026-63223 PoC — CodeIgniter 4 is_image/mime_in File Upload RCE (CVSS 9.8). Unauthenticated remote code execution via unrestricted file upload bypass using image magic bytes. Fixed in v4.7.4.
Open source ↗
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