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Namecheap and PHP2Shell

Status in the company's own words: patching. Statement dated Update @ 9:33 AM EDT | 13:33 UTC, October 22 (latest; initial post October 21, 09:31 AM America/New_York).

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The record

Company
Namecheap
Domain
namecheap.com
Group
Host
Index category
not an Index vendor
Status
patching
Statement found
yes
Statement
https://www.namecheap.com/status-updates/ongoing-php-security-vulnerability-affecting-hosting-services-october-21-2026/
Statement date
Update @ 9:33 AM EDT | 13:33 UTC, October 22 (latest; initial post October 21, 09:31 AM America/New_York)
Fixed version named
no
Worker restart stated
no
End of life plan stated
no
Source type
status page
Places checked
Last checked

The statement

The fix has been successfully implemented on all other servers.

Read the statement on www.namecheap.com, dated Update @ 9:33 AM EDT | 13:33 UTC, October 22 (latest; initial post October 21, 09:31 AM America/New_York). Source type: status page.

Notes

The fix has been successfully implemented on all other servers. (still in progress: Regular servers 71, 72, 105, 312; Update @ 9:33 AM EDT | 13:33 UTC, October 22) quoted from https://www.namecheap.com/status-updates/ongoing-php-security-vulnerability-affecting-hosting-services-october-21-2026/ (title: [UPDATED] PHP Security Vulnerability affecting Hosting Services | October 21, 2026). Mitigations on all platforms; patched versions came via CloudLinux repositories; VPS and dedicated server owners told to update PHP themselves. A navigation link refers to a completed EasyWP PHP security maintenance (not read).

Change log

What the five engines said

ChatGPT

differs

Captured . Status named: patched. Cites a namecheap.com page.

Yes—Namecheap confirmed its PHP hosting services were affected, and now reports that patching is complete. As checked on October 23, 2026, its official incident notice is marked [RESOLVED]. Affected: Namecheap identified PHP-based websites and applications across its hosting platforms as affected by CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. Patched: Following initial mitigations and a staged rollout, the notice’s 12:50 p.m. EDT completion

Cited: www.namecheap.com

Claude

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Captured . Status named: patching. Cites a namecheap.com page.

Yes — Namecheap is affected by PHP2Shell, has acknowledged it publicly, and is actively patching. Here is a full breakdown with sources: What is PHP2Shell? PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) is a pair of Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities in PHP that let an attacker run their own code on a web server without logging in. The PHP security team rates

Cited: watchtowr.com, www.tenable.com, www.security.com

Perplexity

no status named

Captured . No status named. Cites a namecheap.com page.

Yes. Namecheap was affected: its status notice says the vulnerabilities affected websites and applications running PHP on all versions and platforms. Patch status: Namecheap initially applied mitigations while awaiting PHP’s official fixes. After PHP released patched versions, Namecheap deployed them across its hosting infrastructure; its incident was subsequently marked resolved. Namecheap also reported that remaining server deployments were completed,

Cited: www.namecheap.com, www.namecheap.com, php2shellcheck.com

Google AI Overviews

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Captured . Status named: patched. Cites a namecheap.com page.

Affected Status: Yes, Namecheap's hosting services (including Dedicated Servers, Shared Servers, Reseller Servers, VPS, and general hosting platforms running PHP) were affected by the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619). Patch Status: Namecheap has marked the security incident as [RESOLVED] on their status page following PHP's release of patched versions (PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.35). Source: You can read

Cited: www.namecheap.com, tuxcare.com

Google AI Mode

no status named

Captured . No status named. Cites a namecheap.com page.

Yes, Namecheap's hosting services were affected by the PHP2Shell vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619), which impact websites and applications running PHP on all platforms. Status: Resolved / Mitigated Namecheap Action: Namecheap put mitigation measures in place across all of their hosting platforms (including Shared, Dedicated, Reseller, VPS, and Hosting servers) to reduce the risk of exploitation while waiting for official

Cited: www.namecheap.com

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