PHP Servers Still Vulnerable to RCE Despite Patches; Restart Web Services to Fix

Introduction: Persistent RCE Vulnerabilities in PHP Servers Post-Patching Despite the release of patches for critical remote-code-execution (RCE) vulnerabilities CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, PHP servers remain susceptible to exploitation due to a fundamental oversight in the patching process. As highlighted in the October 23 advisory by Google and Mandiant, installing patches does not inherently secure active PHP processes. The root cause lies in the persistence of pre-patch