PHP Releases Urgent Security Updates for Two Critical Remote Code Execution Flaws
On 21 October 2026, the PHP project issued security updates for all supported branches after identifying two vulnerabilities that can permit unauthenticated remote code execution, each rated 9.2 under CVSS v4.0. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, reside in the PHP engine itself, so application code and frameworks offer no protection. Fixed versions include 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35, and PHP maintainers state that no complete workaround exists beyond updating. Installations that serve web requests, including PHP-FPM, Apache with mod_php and several other setups, are affected, with mod_php considered the highest risk. Administrators are advised to verify patch status through distribution changelogs, since Linux packages may contain fixes without changing their upstream version numbers.
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