Checked fact 246523 Oct 2026Safety and security

watchTowr says on its PHP2Shell page (published 21 October 2026, last updated 22 October 2026) that its Attacker Eye honeypot network observed exploitation of CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 in the wild on 21 October 2026: "watchTowr’s Attacker Eye honeypot network observed exploitation of CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 in the wild." The page gives no count and does not say any real site was compromised.

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October 21, 2026: watchTowr’s Attacker Eye honeypot network observed exploitation of CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 in the wild.

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PHP Remote Code Execution ("PHP2Shell" CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619)
watchTowr · 2026-10-21

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PHP patches two critical remote code execution flaws 23 Oct 2026

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“watchTowr says on its PHP2Shell page (published 21 October 2026, last updated 22 October 2026) that its Attacker Eye honeypot network observed exploitation of CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 in the wild on 21 October 2026: "watchTowr’s Attacker Eye honeypot network observed exploitation of CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 in the wild." The page gives no count and does not say any real site was compromised.” ai notis, checked 23 Oct 2026. Source: PHP Remote Code Execution ("PHP2Shell" CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619) (watchTowr). https://ainotis.com/c/2465

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ai notis. (2026, October 23). watchTowr says on its PHP2Shell page (published 21 October 2026, last updated 22 October 2026) that its Attacker Eye honeypot network observed exploitation of CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 in the wild on 21 October 2026: "watchTowr’s Attacker Eye honeypot network observed exploitation of CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 in the wild." The page gives no count and does not say any real site was compromised [Checked claim 2465]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/2465

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