PHP2Shell attackers try to deploy Potassium Mirai botnet

Attempts to turn the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities into Potassium botnet infections have not produced a confirmed compromise, despite the millions of attacks Cloudflare reported within hours of disclosure. The attackers tried to use CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 to install a Mirai-derived Linux botnet, but researchers have not seen the malware downloaded or executed through those attempts. PHP has fixed the flaws in versions 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.35. Source

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