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Threat Brief: Critical Vulnerabilities in PHP: CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619 (Updated October 25) - "We are unable to confirm that initial access is associated with the specific PHP2Shell CVEs. We have retracted our previous update from October 23."

·Source: r/blueteamsec

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Executive Summary

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Indicators of Compromise (2)

CVE (2)
CVE-2026-109618
CVE-2026-109619
Source Attribution

Originally published by r/blueteamsec on Oct 26, 2026.

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