A2 Hosting's PHP2Shell statement is recorded as patched, with statement date printed as Written on October 21, 2026; Updated on October 23, 2026; read the published statement.
This index reports published statements and AI answers on stated dates. It is not a security assessment. For patching, follow PHP's advisory and your host.
With help from our vendors, every server we manage was updated. A2 Hosting now operates as Hosting.com (a2hosting.com and status.a2hosting.com redirect to hosting.com and status.hosting.com). we have already handled the updates and there is nothing further you need to do. (managed plans) and these backported security fixes are already applied to earlier versions of PHP running on our systems. quoted from https://hosting.com/blog/protecting-against-php2shell-vulnerabilities/ (author Konstantin Kolarov; title: The php2shell PHP flaw: what it means for your website). Mixed: unmanaged VPS and dedicated customers must update themselves and restart all PHP workers and services.; PHP 8.1 and earlier no longer get regular fixes from the PHP project. (managed sites on 8.1 and earlier covered via CloudLinux Hardened PHP). Status incident https://status.hosting.com/incident/3174 (PHP Update): The PHP-related service update has been completed successfully. (Resolved Oct 22, 2026 17:02 CST, as read in a browser at 00:40Z); an earlier cached fetch showed the incident still Recovering at Oct 22, 2026 03:09 CST. Source re-read 23 October 2026: the printed update date is now 23 October 2026. The managed-hosting scope remains patched. With help from our vendors, every server we manage was updated.
Change log
: first check
: Official article now prints Updated on October 23, 2026; managed-hosting classification unchanged.
: Source-only recheck completed; published classification unchanged.
What the five engines said
ChatGPT
no status named
Captured . No status named.
A2 Hosting has addressed PHP2Shell and reports its managed-platform update complete; self-managed servers require customer action. A2 Hosting now operates as hosting.com, so its official status page is the relevant source. As checked on October 23, 2026: Affected? The provider’s security-update notice explicitly references CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 and describes deploying patches across its platforms. This confirms remediation was applicable,
Based on my research, I was unable to find any public statement, advisory, or announcement from A2 Hosting specifically addressing PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619). There is no press release, knowledge base article, or blog post from A2 Hosting in the available search results regarding this vulnerability. I cannot confirm whether A2 Hosting has patched or officially responded to PHP2Shell
A2 Hosting is potentially affected, because PHP2Shell affects unpatched PHP installations serving web requests, regardless of hosting provider. However, there is no publicly verifiable A2 Hosting statement in the available sources confirming whether its servers were affected or whether patching has been completed. The PHP fixes were released on October 21, 2026, in PHP 8.2.35, 8.3.36, 8.4.27, and 8.5.12.
Yes, A2 Hosting uses standard cPanel/EasyApache and shared infrastructure affected by the core PHP vulnerabilities known as PHP2Shell ( CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619), and platform vendors and upstream package maintainers (such as cPanel and CloudLinux) have been rolling out backported patches across shared hosting and managed environments. hosting.com +2 Overview of Impact and Patch Status Vulnerability Nature : CVE-2026-109618 (out-of-memory
Affected Status: Yes, potentially. Any hosting environment running unpatched versions of PHP handling web requests (such as Apache, LiteSpeed, or PHP-FPM) is inherently exposed to the PHP2Shell remote code execution vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) until the underlying PHP runtime is upgraded. Because web hosting providers like A2 Hosting host applications running various PHP versions across user accounts, servers are
One card per engine, the latest capture. Every capture is in ai-answers.json. Answers are captured through the engines' APIs and Google's answer surfaces, verbatim, with cited URLs, under the Broadcastwell method v1.1; one answer per engine per question per day for the watch.
Submit a correction or your statement
Submit a correction or your statement. We list a statement only once we have opened it on your own domain or verified official account. Disputes follow the dispute policy. Or email the statement link to index@broadcastwell.com.
Badge
The badge for A2 Hosting reads PHP2Shell statement listed, Verified 24 October 2026, Broadcastwell, and links to this record. Badge and embed code · Badge terms.
The status records what the company published, under our statement status rules. A PHP version mentioned in a statement can be guidance for other organisations; the statement and notes explain its scope.
About this page
This index reports published statements and AI answers on stated dates. It is not a security assessment. For patching, follow PHP's advisory and your host.