CISA Confirms Active Exploitation of Two PHP2Shell Flaws Enabling Remote Code Execution

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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 attacks

    Added to CISA's list 2026-10-26

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Coverage

One outlet has carried this so far.

  1. The Hacker News ↗Established SourceFirst reported

    2026-10-27 04:37 UTC

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