PHP2Shell: Millions of Attacks, No Confirmed Successful Exploits Yet

Reported by Security Affairs (Pierluigi Paganini)

Summary by Cyber Security News23 Oct 2026, 12:52 CET

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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.

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