Namecheap incident

PHP Security Vulnerability affecting Hosting Services | October 21, 2026

Namecheap is currently experiencing a major incident affecting Hosting and VPS and 1 more component, which began 6h ago. The vendor's full update timeline is below.

Started
Oct 21, 2026, 01:31 PM UTC
Resolved
Ongoing
Duration
● 5h 33m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 21, 2026, 01:31 PM UTC

Affected components

HostingVPSDedicated ServersShared ServersReseller Servers

Update timeline

  1. identified Oct 21, 2026, 01:31 PM UTC

    Dear customers, Please note that two PHP security vulnerabilities, known as PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619), have recently been disclosed. You may find more information about the vulnerability at https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php#2026-10-20-1 Affected Services: Websites and applications running PHP (all versions) on all platforms. Current Status: In the meantime, customers are advised to keep their CMS, themes, plugins, … Continue reading [ONGOING] PHP Security Vulnerability affecting Hosting Services | October 21, 2026 → The post [ONGOING] PHP Security Vulnerability affecting Hosting Services | October 21, 2026 appeared first on Namecheap Status.