Cloudways's PHP2Shell statement is recorded as patched, with statement date printed as Resolved Oct 23, 2026 - 12:38 UTC; rollout completion Oct 22, 2026 - 10:20 UTC; read the published statement.
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The PHP security patch rollout is complete, and all active servers have been successfully updated. The official incident now has a resolved closing update on 23 October. The explicit rollout-complete statement is retained, with the source's small subset of customers requiring additional assistance not expanded into an unsupported claim.
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Yes—Cloudways was affected, and it now reports that patching is complete. As of October 23, 2026, the official sources say: Affected: DigitalOcean’s advisory for CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 explicitly lists Cloudways as “Affected”, with remediation handled by DigitalOcean. It covers Cloudways-supported PHP versions from 5.6 onward, using extended-LTS partners for older versions. Patched: Cloudways’ official status update dated October 22,
Yes — Cloudways is affected by PHP2Shell, and patching is actively in progress. Here is a full breakdown: What is PHP2Shell? PHP2Shell is a pair of high-impact vulnerabilities — CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 — in PHP versions 5.4–8.5 that allow remote code execution (RCE). Both are rated CVSS v4.0 9.2. Both CVEs are use-after-free bugs: a fatal error during a
Yes. Cloudways was affected because the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities affect PHP installations broadly, including the PHP versions used on Cloudways. DigitalOcean states that Cloudways was actively patching supported PHP versions, including PHP 5.6 and newer, while applying temporary mitigations and targeted WAF rules during the rollout. As of October 22, Cloudways reported that patching was complete across active Autonomous and
Cloudways is affected by the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619), and patching is currently in progress. Status: Affected and actively being patched. Actions Taken by Cloudways / DigitalOcean: Cloudways is actively patching supported PHP versions (5.6 and above) using extended LTS partnership support for older PHP instances without forcing customers to migrate versions. Temporary Mitigations: Cloudways has applied PHP's
Affected Status: Cloudways itself is a managed hosting platform, but the servers and applications it hosts run PHP. Because PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) affects the core PHP runtime engine across virtually all unpatched versions, any Cloudways server running an unpatched version of PHP is inherently vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution. Patch Status: Official security patches for PHP were
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Cloudways's PHP2Shell statement is recorded as patched, with statement date printed as Resolved Oct 23, 2026 - 12:38 UTC; rollout completion Oct 22, 2026 - 10:20 UTC; source: https://status.cloudways.com/incidents/xxjt802wwhpk.
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