assetnote/php2shell-scanner

High fidelity scanner for php2shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619)

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A command-line tool for detecting CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 in PHP applications. The scanner sends a minimal multipart control request followed by up to three crafted multipart probes. The probes use PHP array keys nested 62 levels deep and increase from 1 MiB to 20 MiB, matching the detection logic used by Assetnote's internal scanner. A target is reported vulnerable when the probe produces a PHP memory-exhaustion error, a differential empty HTTP 500, a PHP-FPM worker failure, or an advertised PHP version known to be unpatched. Initial 5xx responses, common request-rejection statuses, and nonempty HTTP 500 responses without the PHP fatal-error signature are not treated as crash signals. The scanner tests /index.php by default. A path supplied in the URL is preserved, and --path or --path-file can test custom paths. phpMyAdmin targets are automatically retested at /showconfigerrors.php. Redirects are not followed unless --follow-redirects is set. The default --sapi auto mode applies…

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  1. php2shell-scanner
  2. How It Works
  3. SAPI Modes
  4. Network Impact
  5. Requirements
  6. Installation
  7. Docker
  8. Usage
  9. Options
  10. Credits
  11. Output
  12. Limitations

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High fidelity scanner for php2shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619)

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assetnote
Primary language
Python
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961
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MIT
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Created
2026-10-22T03:53:20.000Z
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2026-10-24T03:40:18.000Z

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