# Akamai Cloud (Linode): Customer Security Advisory: PHP Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

- Provider: [Akamai Cloud (Linode)](https://outages.cc/linode.md)
- Type: Incident
- State: Resolved
- Worst impact: Operational
- Started: 2026-10-21 14:44 UTC
- Resolved: 2026-10-23 20:37 UTC (lasted 2 days)
- Official update: https://stspg.io/5yrzq18zhvjz

## Updates from Akamai Cloud (Linode)

### postmortem, 2026-10-29 08:40 UTC

On October 10, 2026, Akamai became aware of two zero-day remote code execution \(RCE\) vulnerabilities affecting the PHP core engine, tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. Akamai began a platform-wide investigation, and deployed global Web Application Firewall \(WAF\) mitigation rules on October 21, 2026, and carried out remediation protocols across potentially impacted infrastructure. At this time, Akamai has observed no evidence that these vulnerabilities impacted core Akamai products, API calls, or the Akamai Control Center \(ACC\). The potential scope included PHP Core, Linode Speed Test Services, and Quick Deploy Marketplace applications. As a precaution, Akamai temporarily disabled Cloud Infrastructure Speed Tests while teams isolated and rebuilt related systems. Akamai deployed protective WAF rules across the Akamai edge platform to inspect and mitigate potential exploitation attempts. Marketplace application templates were also updated so new Linode Compute Marketplac

### resolved, 2026-10-23 20:37 UTC

Akamai has completed its assessment of the recently published PHP remote code execution vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) across our platform and infrastructure, and mitigation efforts are complete. Cloud Infrastructure Speed Tests will remain offline in the near term. We plan to bring them back online in the near future. If you are running a vulnerable version of PHP on a Linode instance, we recommend following guidance from the upstream vendor (PHP) and applying upstream patches as they become available. We appreciate your patience while our teams completed this work.

### identified, 2026-10-22 18:19 UTC

Akamai is aware of the recently published (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) vulnerabilities and our teams are actively investigating its potential impact across our platform and infrastructure. As a part of ongoing mitigation efforts, our Cloud Infrastructure Speed Tests will be unavailable. If you are running a vulnerable version of PHP on a Linode instance, we recommend following guidance from the upstream vendor (PHP) and applying upstream patches as they become available. We will provide updates as additional information becomes available.

### identified, 2026-10-21 17:41 UTC

Updated Guidance after assessment: Akamai is aware of the recently published (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) vulnerabilities and our teams are actively investigating its potential impact across our platform and infrastructure. As a part of ongoing mitigation efforts, our Cloud Infrastructure Speed Tests will be unavailable. If you are running a vulnerable version of PHP on a Linode instance, we recommend following guidance from the upstream vendor (PHP) and applying upstream patches as they become available. We will provide updates as additional information becomes available.

### investigating, 2026-10-21 14:44 UTC

Akamai is aware of the recently published (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) vulnerabilities and our teams are actively investigating its potential impact across our platform and infrastructure. As a part of ongoing mitigation efforts, some Quick Deploy Apps, speed test pages, and parts of the website may be unavailable. If you are running a vulnerable version of PHP on a Linode instance, we recommend following guidance from the upstream vendor (PHP) and applying upstream patches as they become available. We will provide updates as additional information becomes available.