The Alma blog post (https://almalinux.org/blog/2026-10-21-php2shell-cve-2026-109618-cve-2026-109...) lists the package versions with the fixes (quote below). Check the package versions and eventually update: /AlmaLinux 8 php:7.2 stream: php-7.2.24-1.module_el8.10.0+4315+7b734bf3.alma.1 php:7.3 stream: php-7.3.20-1.module_el8.10.0+4316+90ea5fe5.alma.1 php:7.4 stream: php-7.4.33-8.module_el8.10.0+4321+cf5fd4bb (Red Hat’s update, released directly to production) php:8.0 stream: php-8.0.30-1.module_el8.10.0+4319+26f10322.alma.1 php:8.2 stream: php-8.2.33-1.module_el8.10.0+4320+c30d6dbb.alma.1 AlmaLinux 9 Default (PHP 8.0): php-8.0.30-8.el9_8.alma.1 php:8.1 stream: php-8.1.32-1.module_el9.8.0+326+528679fc.alma.1 php:8.2 stream: php-8.2.33-1.module_el9.8.0+327+37dfd4b4.alma.1 php:8.3 stream: php-8.3.33-1.module_el9.8.0+328+1fdeb728.alma.1 AlmaLinux 10 Default (PHP 8.3): php-8.3.33-1.el10_2.alma.1 PHP 8.4 (php8.4 packages): php8.4-8.4.24-1.el10_2.alma.1 AlmaLinux Kitten 10 The fix will ride along in the next regular PHP update, so no separate build is being made./ -- Francesco Di Nucci System Administrator Compute & Networking Service, INFN Naples Email:francesco.dinucci@na.infn.it On 22/10/26 15:23, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via AlmaLinux Users wrote:
Subject: PHP security vulnerabilities on my AlmaLinux 9.8
Good day from Singapore,
Can I check and confirm with you whether the PHP security vulnerabilities disclosed on 21 Oct 2026 have been fixed in my AlmaLinux 9.8?
[root@ns1 ~]# cat /etc/os-release NAME="AlmaLinux" VERSION="9.8 (Olive Jaguar)" ID="almalinux" ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora" VERSION_ID="9.8" PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9" PRETTY_NAME="AlmaLinux 9.8 (Olive Jaguar)" ANSI_COLOR="0;34" LOGO="fedora-logo-icon" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:9::baseos" HOME_URL="https://almalinux.org/" DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.almalinux.org/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.almalinux.org/"
ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT="AlmaLinux-9" ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="9.8" REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="AlmaLinux" REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.8" SUPPORT_END=2032-06-01 [root@ns1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i '^php' php-pecl-zip-1.19.2-6.el9.x86_64 php-pear-1.10.14-1.el9.noarch php-pspell-8.0.30-3.el9.x86_64 php-common-8.0.30-8.el9_8.alma.1.x86_64 php-pdo-8.0.30-8.el9_8.alma.1.x86_64 php-mysqlnd-8.0.30-8.el9_8.alma.1.x86_64 php-cli-8.0.30-8.el9_8.alma.1.x86_64 php-fpm-8.0.30-8.el9_8.alma.1.x86_64 php-gd-8.0.30-8.el9_8.alma.1.x86_64 php-intl-8.0.30-8.el9_8.alma.1.x86_64 php-mbstring-8.0.30-8.el9_8.alma.1.x86_64 php-opcache-8.0.30-8.el9_8.alma.1.x86_64 php-process-8.0.30-8.el9_8.alma.1.x86_64 php-xml-8.0.30-8.el9_8.alma.1.x86_64 [root@ns1 ~]# dnf updateinfo list --security Last metadata expiration check: 2:09:59 ago on Thu 22 Oct 2026 11:46:51 AM +08. [root@ns1 ~]# dnf updateinfo info --cve CVE-2026-109618 Last metadata expiration check: 2:10:22 ago on Thu 22 Oct 2026 11:46:51 AM +08.
[root@ns1 ~]# dnf updateinfo info --cve CVE-2026-109619 Last metadata expiration check: 2:10:35 ago on Thu 22 Oct 2026 11:46:51 AM +08.
[root@ns1 ~]# systemctl status httpd ● httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; enabled; preset: disabled) Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service.d └─php-fpm.conf Active: active (running) since Thu 2026-10-22 07:18:37 +08; 6h ago Docs: man:httpd.service(8) Main PID: 1081 (httpd) Status: "Total requests: 2945; Idle/Busy workers 100/0;Requests/sec: 0.123; Bytes served/sec: 1.5KB/sec" Tasks: 231 (limit: 74628) Memory: 54.8M (peak: 56.5M) CPU: 45.196s CGroup: /system.slice/httpd.service ├─1081 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND ├─1183 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND ├─1188 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND ├─1194 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND ├─1212 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND ├─1224 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND └─7507 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
Oct 22 07:18:37 ns1.example.com systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server... Oct 22 07:18:37 ns1.example.com systemd[1]: Started The Apache HTTP Server. Oct 22 07:18:37 ns1.example.com httpd[1081]: Server configured, listening on: port 443, port 80 [root@ns1 ~]# systemctl status php-fpm ● php-fpm.service - The PHP FastCGI Process Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/php-fpm.service; enabled; preset: disabled) Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/php-fpm.service.d └─00-virtualmin.conf Active: active (running) since Thu 2026-10-22 13:53:38 +08; 4min 23s ago Main PID: 132343 (php-fpm) Status: "Processes active: 0, idle: 35, Requests: 0, slow: 0, Traffic: 0req/sec" Tasks: 36 (limit: 74628) Memory: 39.1M (peak: 39.8M) CPU: 495ms CGroup: /system.slice/php-fpm.service ├─132343 "php-fpm: master process (/etc/php-fpm.conf)" ├─132400 "php-fpm: pool 163465190630155" ├─132401 "php-fpm: pool 163465190630155" ├─132402 "php-fpm: pool 163465190630155" ├─132403 "php-fpm: pool 16351709215424" ├─132404 "php-fpm: pool 16351709215424" ├─132405 "php-fpm: pool 16351709215424" ├─132406 "php-fpm: pool 163595484830302" ├─132407 "php-fpm: pool 163595484830302" ├─132408 "php-fpm: pool 163595484830302" ├─132409 "php-fpm: pool 163620624410460" ├─132410 "php-fpm: pool 163620624410460" ├─132411 "php-fpm: pool 163620624410460" ├─132412 "php-fpm: pool 163620750817631" ├─132413 "php-fpm: pool 163620750817631" ├─132414 "php-fpm: pool 163620750817631" ├─132415 "php-fpm: pool 166853132123059" ├─132416 "php-fpm: pool 166853132123059" ├─132417 "php-fpm: pool 166853132123059" ├─132418 "php-fpm: pool 17676128142092182" ├─132419 "php-fpm: pool 17676128142092182" ├─132420 "php-fpm: pool 17676128142092182" ├─132422 "php-fpm: pool 17676224502138583" ├─132423 "php-fpm: pool 17676224502138583" ├─132424 "php-fpm: pool 17676224502138583" ├─132425 "php-fpm: pool 17676233702148934" ├─132426 "php-fpm: pool 17676233702148934" ├─132427 "php-fpm: pool 17676233702148934" ├─132428 "php-fpm: pool 17676246675678" ├─132429 "php-fpm: pool 17676246675678" ├─132430 "php-fpm: pool 17676246675678" ├─132432 "php-fpm: pool www" ├─132433 "php-fpm: pool www" ├─132434 "php-fpm: pool www" ├─132435 "php-fpm: pool www" └─132436 "php-fpm: pool www"
Oct 22 13:53:37 ns1.example.com systemd[1]: Starting The PHP FastCGI Process Manager... Oct 22 13:53:37 ns1.example.com php-fpm[132343]: [22-Oct-2026 13:53:37] NOTICE: PHP message: PHP Warning: Module "intl" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0 Oct 22 13:53:37 ns1.example.com php-fpm[132343]: [22-Oct-2026 13:53:37] NOTICE: PHP message: PHP Warning: Module "pspell" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0 Oct 22 13:53:37 ns1.example.com php-fpm[132343]: [22-Oct-2026 13:53:37] NOTICE: PHP message: PHP Warning: Module "zip" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0 Oct 22 13:53:38 ns1.example.com systemd[1]: Started The PHP FastCGI Process Manager.
Please advise.
Thank you.
Regards,
Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Republic of Singapore 22 Oct 2026 Thursday 7.47 pm Singapore Time
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