USN-8948-2: PHP vulnerabilities

Published Oct 21, 2026
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Updated

USN-8948-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.10. This provides the corrosponding updates in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled out-of-memory conditions while processing requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-109618) It was discovered that PHP incorrectly managed internal request state across worker reuse. A remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-109619)

Affected Software

39 affected componentsFixes available
PHP PHP
All of the following
ubuntu/libapache2-mod-php7.4<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php7.4<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php7.4-cgi<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php7.4-cli<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php7.4-fpm<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php7.2<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php7.2-cgi<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php7.2-cli<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php7.2-fpm<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of the following
ubuntu/libapache2-mod-php7.0<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php7.0<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php7.0-cgi<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php7.0-cli<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php7.0-fpm<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of the following
ubuntu/libapache2-mod-php5<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php5<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php5-cgi<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php5-cli<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of the following
ubuntu/php5-fpm<Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/libapache2-mod-php7.4 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php7.4 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php7.4-cgi to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php7.4-cli to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php7.4-fpm to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php7.2 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php7.2-cgi to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php7.2-cli to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php7.2-fpm to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/libapache2-mod-php7.0 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php7.0 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php7.0-cgi to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php7.0-cli to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php7.0-fpm to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  15. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/libapache2-mod-php5 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  16. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php5 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  17. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php5-cgi to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  18. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php5-cli to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  19. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/php5-fpm to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in Ubuntu Pro
  20. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch USN-8948-1
  21. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch USN-8948-2

Event History

Oct 21, 2026
Advisory Published
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

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