Amazon Threat Intelligence identifies PHP2Shell exploitation prior to public disclosure in MadPot | Amazon Web Services
Amazon Threat Intelligence found attempts to exploit the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) in its MadPot honeypot network starting October 17, four days before public disclosure. The attempts came from an anonymization network, and it is unclear how the attacker obtained the exploit details. Once the patch was released, working proof-of-concept exploits appeared within hours and were used broadly in the wild, so organizations should patch quickly and investigate from the earliest known exploitation date.
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