> USN-8743-1: PHP vulnerabilities

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled backslash escaping in the PostgreSQL extension. An attacker could use this issue to perform SQL injection attacks. (CVE-2026-17543) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain inputs to the bccomp() function. An attacker could use this issue to cause an out-of- bounds write, resulting in a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-17544) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled circular symbolic links in phar archives. An attacker could use this issue to cause unbounded recursion, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-7260)