The TYPO3 security advisory explicitly names FormEngine and DataHandler as vulnerable components. Both components handle serialized data structures (FlexForms) in backend operations. The vulnerability stems from processing user-controlled serialized data without proper validation. DataHandler's process_datamap handles form submissions containing serialized FlexForm values, while FormEngine's methods retrieve and process these values during form rendering. The patch in versions 8.7.27/9.5.8 likely added validation checks or replaced unsafe deserialization methods. The high confidence comes from the direct correlation between the advisory's component references and these core data processing functions.