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Party
The PHP Group / php.net
maintainer, CVE numbering authority
Claims this site attributes to this party
| Claim | Who says it | Status | Fact-check | Primary | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, each CVSS v4.0 9.2, fixed in PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 fact timeline → | PHP Group (CNA), GitHub advisories, php.net | confirmed | A6 Established●●●●●● | 5/5 | CVE record CVE record PHP PHP php.net |
| Unauthenticated RCE over HTTP against Apache mod_php with default settings, before any application code runs fact timeline → | PHP security team (GHSA, oss-security), php.net | confirmed | A6 Established●●●●●● | 3/3 | PHP oss-security php.net |
| Updating is the only complete mitigation; the configuration measures reduce exposure to specific paths and do not make an installation safe fact timeline → | php.net; PHP security team | confirmed | A6 Established●●●●●● | 3/3 | php.net oss-security PHP |
| The release moved forward from 22 October 14:00 UTC to 21 October 14:00 UTC because of the leak The php.net ChangeLog still dates all four releases 22 October. Wiz's X thread still says 22 October. fact timeline → | PHP Foundation; php.net pre-announcement; Wiz thread ('Apply the Oct 22 security release') | confirmed | A4 Corroborated●●●●○○ measures differently status overstated | 4/4 | PHP Foundation oss-security Wiz on X php.net |
| The fixes were released at 14:00 UTC on 21 October CERT-EU says 13:30 UTC; the tags and advisories are stamped 13:34 to 13:35 UTC; the GitHub release 14:06 UTC; the php.net feed entries carry 00:05 to 00:35 UTC, which are authoring times, not publication times. fact timeline → | php.net pre-announcement; Daubois; CERT-FR (16:00 Paris) | disputed | A2 Reported●●○○○○ disputed | 7/8 | oss-security Daubois CERT-FR CERT-EU php-src PHP php-src php.net |
Its sources in the vault
- Security advisory: Critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, update now PHP Group (php.net)
- PHP 8 ChangeLog PHP Group (php.net)
- Tags · php/php-src php/php-src on GitHub