r/servers • u/Double-Camera-3447 • 7h ago
Running PHP on your server? Apply the critical RCE patches and restart the web runtime
PHP has released fixes for two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. PHP-FPM is affected too; updating WordPress or another CMS does not fix the PHP engine.
Update to PHP 8.2.35, 8.3.36, 8.4.27, or 8.5.12 (or newer), or verify that your distribution/vendor has backported the fixes into its packages.
Restart PHP-FPM or the relevant PHP-serving processes after updating, and verify the runtime actually handling web requests. `php -v` only checks the CLI and may show a different installation.
If you use managed hosting, ask your provider to confirm that the fixes are applied. Configuration changes alone are not a complete fix.