What We Know
The PHP2Shell story concerns two critical vulnerabilities in PHP that could allow remote code execution, according to security research from Wiz and Tenable.1Backed by 1 sourcestenable.com Akamai reported that PHP planned to release a patch on October 21, 2026, after announcing the two vulnerabilities on October 20.1Backed by 1 sourcesakamai.com
Amazon Threat Intelligence researchers said attackers began targeting the PHP2Shell flaws four days before the security patches were released.1Backed by 1 sourcesBleepingComputer The vulnerabilities are identified as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 in Tenable’s advisory.1Backed by 1 sourcestenable.com
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Corroborates
- akamai.com↗Akamai reports that PHP announced the vulnerabilities on October 20, 2026, and planned a patch for October 21 at 14:00 UTC.
- BleepingComputer↗BleepingComputer reports Amazon Threat Intelligence’s assessment that exploitation began four days before the security patches were released.
- tenable.com↗Tenable identifies two critical PHP vulnerabilities as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 and describes them as capable of remote code execution.