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CRITICAL Actively exploited CWE-416

CVE-2026-109619

RCE via stale global state

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
1 hour ago

Summary

PHP has various global state that temporarily points into request memory. In some scenarios, global state may not be correctly reset, or may be repopulated after being reset. The global state may then refer to request memory even after it has been freed. Subsequent requests may read or branch on this stale state before it is fully initialized. Multiple strategies can trigger this condition and produce 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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