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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- php2shell-scanner
- How It Works
- SAPI Modes
- Network Impact
- Requirements
- Installation
- Docker
- Usage
- Options
- Credits
- Output
- Limitations
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What this repository does
High fidelity scanner for php2shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619)
Repository facts
- Owner
- assetnote
- Primary language
- Python
- Stars
- 961
- Forks
- 141
- Open issues + pull requests
- 4
- License
- MIT
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- master
- Created
- 2026-10-22T03:53:20.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-10-24T03:40:18.000Z
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