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CRITICAL Actively exploited CWE-416

CVE-2026-109618

RCE via OOM corruption

PHP Group·PHP

9.2/ 10
CVSS 4.0
Critical severity
>99.9%
EPSS exploit odds
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Among the very highest of all CVEs
Listed
CISA KEV catalog
Added
Oct 26, 2026
Fix due
Oct 29, 2026
Ransomware
Not known
Timeline
Published
Oct 21, 2026
Updated
Nov 5, 2026
First covered
Oct 20, 2026
Latest story
2 hours ago

Summary

PHP uses longjmp() for out-of-memory (OOM) errors to exit the current context and abort handling of the request. Some contexts may not properly account for this scenario and leave request memory in an uninitialized state before performing an allocation. The subsequent request cleanup procedure may read or branch on this memory. Multiple OOM strategies can consistently trigger this condition and lead to remote code execution (RCE).

CWE-416Use after free

Attack profile

Attack vectorNetwork
ComplexityHigh
RequirementsPresent
PrivilegesNone
User interactionNone
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CISA required action

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Affected products

  • PHP Group PHP8.2.* to before 8.2.358.3.* to before 8.3.368.4.* to before 8.4.278.5.* to before 8.5.12

References

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