CISA Confirms Active Exploitation of Two PHP2Shell Flaws Enabling Remote Code Execution
At a glance
- Severity
- Critical
- Used in attacks
- Yes, 1 of 1 flaw named
- Flaws named
- CVE-2026-109618
- Industries
- Government
- Reported by
- 1 outlet
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday confirmed active exploitation of the recently patched PHP2Shell flaws by adding them to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The PHP vulnerabilities, both rated 9.2 on the CVSS scoring system, facilitate unauthenticated remote code execution on affected deployments - CVE-2026-109618 - An out-of-memory…
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Vulnerabilities referenced
- CVE-2026-109618Not scored yet
PHP Group PHP
PHP contains an out-of-memory corruption vulnerability that allows for unauthenticated remote code execution.
Used in attacksAdded to CISA's list 2026-10-26
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Coverage
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2026-10-27 04:37 UTC
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