Critical PHP flaws dubbed PHP2Shell allow unauthenticated code execution
Early exploit attempts followed disclosure, and some sites went offline while owners applied patches.
Early exploit attempts followed disclosure, and some sites went offline while owners applied patches.
Fixed builds are PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35; both flaws score CVSS 9.2.
Unauthenticated attackers poison logs, plant web shells and try to run a FreeBSD implant; CISA listed the flaw.
Community and Enterprise builds from 7.0 before the listed 18.x and 19.x patches need urgent updates.
Both CVSS 9.2 bugs affect web-facing PHP, including PHP-FPM and mod_php; fixed builds are 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35.
Fixes are in PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.35; both bugs are rated 9.2.
Exploits are public, and Finnish and Dutch sites went offline while watchTowr says attempts have not succeeded.
PHP 8.2.35, 8.3.36, 8.4.27, and 8.5.12 fix two web-worker RCE bugs; in-the-wild attacks are not established.
Cloudflare says early attacks are emerging and has pushed temporary firewall rules to all customers, including free accounts.
No attacks are reported, PHP offered no workaround, and disabling upload progress is not a full fix.
CERT-EU told operators to prepare to patch or isolate internet-facing PHP apps; the PHP team rates the flaws CVSS 9.2, not 10.
Cloudflare reports early attacks; expected fixes are PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35, with older branches unfixed.
Patchstack says the only current fix is upgrading PHP, with an update scheduled for October 21 at 14:00 UTC.
CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 both score 9.2; WatchTowr and Huntress report no exploitation yet.
Only branches 8.2 through 8.5 can be patched; affected versions and exploit details remain unconfirmed.
Each flaw is rated CVSS v4.0 9.2; PHP has not confirmed CVE IDs, versions, or remote code execution.
CERT-EU says details are unpublished, every PHP release since PHP 5 may be affected, and the fix is set for 21 October at 14:00 UTC.
Attackers are actively exploiting critical unauthenticated NetScaler RCE CVE-2026-88771, now listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
Actively exploited CVE-2026-76519 lets unauthenticated attackers gain root on Cisco Secure Email Gateway.
GitLab patches critical CVE-2026-97229 (CVSS 10.0) allowing unauthenticated RCE via CI/CD regex compiler, plus 23 other security issues in CE/EE versions.
Citrix NetScaler zero-day CVE-2026-88771 is under mass exploitation after a public proof of concept.
CERT-EU warns two critical Citrix NetScaler RCE flaws are exploited in the wild and urges immediate patching.
F5 patches actively exploited critical zero-day (CVE-2026-94127) in BIG-IP APM OAuth servers, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution.
CERT-EU says exploited F5 BIG-IP APM flaw CVE-2026-94127 allows unauthenticated remote code execution.
Check Point issued emergency hotfixes for two CVSS 9.8 flaws (CVE-2026-85102, CVE-2026-85103) enabling unauthenticated RCE on VPN-enabled gateways.
SAP patched two critical flaws, OVERPASS (CVE-2026-44756, CVSS 10.0) and S4GET (CVE-2026-58240), allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute OS commands on SAP hosts.
Actively exploited CVSS 9.8 Windows Netlogon flaw lets unauthenticated attackers execute code with SYSTEM privileges on domain controllers.
Ivanti patched Sentry: pre-auth OS command injection CVE-2026-10520 (CVSS 10) enables unauthenticated root RCE, and auth bypass CVE-2026-10523 (CVSS 9.9).
Russian users report blocks on DoH and DoT servers, including Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 and Google 8.8.8.8, in an apparent censorship crackdown.
Citrix patched NetScaler ADC/Gateway: auth bypass CVE-2026-19490 (CVSS 9.3) on Gateway/AAA configs and memory overflow CVE-2026-19489 (CVSS 8.8) requiring SIP ALG.
WatchTowr observed active exploitation of SharePoint RCE CVE-2026-50522 (CVSS 9.8), part of an ongoing wave of exploited on-prem SharePoint flaws patched by Microsoft.
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS User-ID Authentication Portal flaw allows unauthenticated root RCE; limited exploitation observed and patches still pending.
CVE-2026-20963 (CVSS 9.8), an unauthenticated RCE in on-prem SharePoint, was added to CISA's KEV on 18 March 2026 and is actively exploited.
Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway flaws enable memory information disclosure and user session mix-up; no active exploitation is observed yet.
Cisco fixed SD-WAN Controller auth bypass CVE-2026-20127 (CVSS 10) exploited in the wild since 2023, plus several critical and high flaws in SD-WAN Manager.
Ivanti EPMM has two critical CVSS 9.8 flaws allowing unauthenticated remote code execution; limited exploitation has already been observed.
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