aancw/php2shell-scanner
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What it is
Scanner that detects exposure to the PHP core RCEs CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 (PHP2Shell). It runs a blackbox HTTP check against web targets, host checks on the local machine, or host checks on remote hosts over SSH. It checks the PHP version against fixed releases and…
Who it's for
Sysadmins and security teams auditing PHP servers for PHP2Shell exposure
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curl -fsSLO https://github.com/aancw/php2shell-scanner/releases/latest/download/php2shell-scanner-linux-amd64.tar.gzFrom its README. Check it there before running it.
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