CVE-2026-109618

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2026
PHP2Shell: Millions of Attacks, No Confirmed Successful Exploits Yet

PHP2Shell attacks have surged into the millions, but no successful exploitation is confirmed. Patch it immediately. On October 21, PHP released emergency patches for two critical vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 (CVSS score of 9.2), affecting every PHP version that handles web requests. The bug code dates back to PHP 5.4 from 2012, lives […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2026
PHP2Shell Attacks Started Four Days Before Public Disclosure, AWS Reports

AWS detected PHP2Shell exploit attempts four days before disclosure, highlighting the risk of attackers exploiting critical flaws before patches arrive. Attackers attempted to exploit two critical PHP vulnerabilities four days before the flaws became public, according to Amazon Threat Intelligence. “Amazon Threat Intelligence identified a PHP2Shell exploitation attempt dating to Oct. 17, 2026, in MadPot […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2026
PHP Prepares Emergency Fixes for Two Critical Remote Code Execution Flaws

PHP will release emergency fixes for two critical RCE flaws rated 9.2, as researchers warn of potential risks to exposed and unsupported systems. PHP is preparing an emergency security release for two critical vulnerabilities that could let attackers execute code remotely on affected servers. The update is scheduled for today, October 21 at 14:00 UTC, […]