CVE-2026-54713: cakephp/queue's Incomplete Comparison in getUniqueId vulnerable to collisions

August 27, 2026

For jobs with shouldBeUnique = true the queue plugin will generate a ‘unique identifier’ based on the job class, method and parameters. If user data is supplied, a malicious user could create collisions, resulting in legitimate jobs being dropped.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-r5pm-vrc5-3m73
github.com/cakephp/queue/commit/13890591e248acc8824becb24ba1939fa061bd34
github.com/cakephp/queue/pull/188
github.com/cakephp/queue/releases/tag/2.3.1
github.com/cakephp/queue/security/advisories/GHSA-r5pm-vrc5-3m73
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54713

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