Checked fact 236523 Oct 2026Safety and security
PHP describes CVE-2026-109619, "RCE via stale global state" (GHSA-6wmf-4rv5-p3rp), as request-owned internal state that can survive after its backing memory has been freed, which a later request handled by the same worker may use before normal initialization resets it.
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RCE via stale global state, CVE-2026-109619 (GHSA-6wmf-4rv5-p3rp): request-owned internal state can survive after its backing memory has been freed. A later request handled by the same worker may use that stale state before normal initialization resets it.
What the source said when we opened it, on 23 Oct 2026.
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PHP News Archive 2026: security advisory and releases of 21 Oct 2026
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PHP patches two critical remote code execution flaws 23 Oct 2026
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